On Waxworks Considered as One of the Hyperreal Arts
Exhibiting Jack the Ripper and His Victims
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20249474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko (0000-0003-2180-7367, University of Warsaw, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 54 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0787 • E-ISSN: 2076-0787 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/h7020054 |
| OpenAlex | W2806752984 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The article discusses one of the tropes present in the representations of the Whitechapel killer: the waxworks of either the killer or his victims. These images were shaped by contemporary attitudes: from sensationalism in 1888, through the developing myth and business of ‘Jack the Ripper,’ to the beginnings of attention being paid to his victims. Examined are tableaus created from 1888 to current times, both physical and fictional twenty- and twenty-first-century texts encompassing various media, all of which may be located within the Baudrillardian realm of simulation. What they demonstrate is that the mythical killer keeps overshadowing his victims, who in this part of the Ripper mythos remain to a certain extent as dehumanised and voiceless as when they were actually killed
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Literature · Media studies · Mythology · Realm · Sensationalism · Simulacrum · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · Cultural Studies and Postmodernism · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |