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The lust for blood : why we are fascinated by death, murder, horror, and violence
- Author
- Kottler, Jeffrey A.
- Title
- The lust for blood : why we are fascinated by death, murder, horror, and violence / Jeffrey A. Kottler.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.
- Description
- 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-290) and index.
- Contents
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- Paradoxes of violence
- From Roman to contemporary gladiators
- True crime
- Sports fans
- Zombies, vampires, and monsters
- Serial killer groupies : attraction to predators
- Moving violations and other eyewitness curiosities
- Occupations of violence
- The meaning of mayhem
- What's normal and what's abnormal?
- Exploring the forbidden
- What the future holds.
- Summary
- Draws on interviews with perpetrators, victims, and "consumers" of violence, including several celebrities, to explore the public's morbid fascination with violence, murder, horror, and crime.
- Subject headings
- Violence--Psychological aspects. Violence in mass media. Popular culture.
- ISBN
- 9781616142285 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1616142286 (hbk. : alk. paper)