Serial killers
Subtitle: death and life in America's wound culture
By: Mark Seltzer.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Serial murderers -- United States -- Psychology; Homicide in popular culture -- United States; Violence  in popular culture -- United States
Description: Bringing depth and shadow to our collective portrait of what a serial killer must be, Mark Seltzer draws upon popular sources, scholarly analyses, and the language of psychoanalysis to explore the genesis of this uniquely modern phenomenon. Revealed is a fascination with machines and technological reproduction, with the singular and the plural, with definitions of self, other, and intimacy.

What emerges is a disturbing picture of how contemporary culture is haunted by technology and the instability of identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.