Of Men and Monsters: Jeffrey Dahmer and the Construction of the Serial Killer

by Richard Tithecott

Book Overview

Of Men and Monsters examines the serial killer as an American cultural icon, one that both attracts and repels. Richard Tithecott suggests that the stories we tell and the images we conjure of serial killers--real and fictional--reveal as much about mainstream culture and its values, desires, and anxieties as they do about the killers themselves.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299156842
• ISBN13: 9780299156848
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Consistently Brilliant

This is the finest book on the subject, addressing not what serial killers ARE but why we make them the way they are, how they function for us, and why we need them. The prose is witty, direct, and precise; the argument is more chilling than any horror story.