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Simulation, creation and reproduction in Dystopian science fiction.
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Creator
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Burns-Davies, Erin, Comparative Studies Program, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Date Issued
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2008-10-24
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT165363p
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Subject Headings
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Utopias in literature, Science fiction, American, Place (Philosophy) in literature
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Format
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Set of related objects
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Title
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DECODING DEXTER: AN ANALYSIS OF AMERICA’S FAVORITE SERIAL KILLER.
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Creator
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Burns-Davies, Erin, Caputi, Jane, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Abstract/Description
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In an intersectional feminist analysis of Dexter in both the novels by Jeff Lindsay as well as the Showtime television series, this dissertation will explore the challenging but compelling nature of the serial killer as a pop culture icon, and address themes of gender and sexuality as well as class, ethnicity and regions as they are portrayed in the series. Dexter Morgan, on the Showtime series and in the novels, both exposes popular culture’s problematic identification with the serial killer...
Show moreIn an intersectional feminist analysis of Dexter in both the novels by Jeff Lindsay as well as the Showtime television series, this dissertation will explore the challenging but compelling nature of the serial killer as a pop culture icon, and address themes of gender and sexuality as well as class, ethnicity and regions as they are portrayed in the series. Dexter Morgan, on the Showtime series and in the novels, both exposes popular culture’s problematic identification with the serial killer and solidifies it by being a socially palatable anti-hero.
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Date Issued
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2019
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013288
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Subject Headings
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Dexter, Crime in popular culture, Antiheroes, Serial murderers--Drama, Serial murderers--Fiction
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Document (PDF)
