Celebrity Culture and Crime

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The Joy of Transgression, Cultural Criminology

ISBN: 0230224687
ISBN 13: 9780230224681
Autor: Penfold-Mounce, R
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: viii, 196 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.01.2010
Auflage: 1/2010
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: GEB

Examines criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who commit criminal acts Covers criminals such as Bonnie and Clyde, the Krays, Al Capone, Harold Shipman, Myra Hindley and Ian BradyIncludes discussion of celebrities including OJ Simpson, Michael Jackson, Martha Stewart, Winona Ryder and Mike TysonDraws on Foucauldian theory to reveal celebrated criminals as a controlling force in contemporary society Interdisciplinary: covers sociology, criminology, cultural studies and media studies

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Beschreibung

In the 21st century celebrities and celebrity culture thrives. This book explores the much noted but little analyzed relationship between celebrity and crime. Criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who become criminals are examined, drawing on Foucault's theory of governance.

Autorenporträt

RUTH PENFOLD-MOUNCE is Lecturer in Criminology, University of York, UK. Her research interests include celebrity in relation to gossip, crime, victimization, consumerism and medicine as well as criminological theory, fascination and spectacle.

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