Trauma, celebrity, and killing in the 'contemporary murder leisure industry
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5726115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Lea (0000-0003-4685-010X, Oxford Brookes University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 763-781 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-29 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Textual Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-236X • E-ISSN: 1470-1308 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0950236x.2014.925490 |
| OpenAlex | W2049139179 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This essay examines the discursive interpenetration of trauma and celebrity culture, and, through an examination of the multiple killer in recent British writing and culture, locates the interest in both in the alienating otherness of the Real. Reading the work of Gordon Burn, David Peace and Rupert Thomson, the essay explores the semiotic crossover between the celebrity and the murderer as contemporary icons and situates both as symptoms of a pathological rewriting of subjectivity. The dynamics of trauma as a means of asserting a wounded and therefore meaningful self are addressed, and the narrative potential of repetition is highlighted. Underpinning the discussion is the figure of Myra Hindley whose image has proven a potent resource for artists and writers seeking to explore the uncomfortable attraction-in-repulsion of the ‘celebrity’ murderer
Art · Criminology · Medical emergency · Poison control · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Medicine · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology · Spatial and Cultural Studies
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |