Murder in Plain English: From Manifestos to Memes--Looking at Murder through the

Description: Murder in Plain English by Michael Arntfield, Marcel Danesi Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description "The first book to examine murder through written words. A criminologist and an anthropologist explore the motives for murder by analyzing the writings of convicted killers as well as depictions of murder in literature and the media"-- Publisher Description This is the first book to examine murder through the written word--not only the writings of the killers themselves, but also the story of murder as told in literary fiction and the crime dramas that are now a staple of film and television. The authors--a criminologist specializing in cold cases, written evidence, and forensic science, and an anthropologist who has dealt with the signs and ciphers of organized crime and street gangs in his previous work--are widely recognized experts in this emerging specialty field. Based on extensive research and interviews with convicted murderers, the book emphasizes the often-overlooked narrative impulse that drives killers, with the authors explaining how both mass and serial murderers perceive their crimes as stories and why a select few are compelled to commit these stories to writing whether before, during, or after their horrific acts.aaa The book also analyzes the written work of killers, using a combination of machine-based linguistic patterning, predictive modeling, and symbolic interpretation, to make sense of the screeds of everyone from the Son of Sam and the Zodiac Killer to the Columbine attackers, the Unabomber, and the recent spate of mass shooters using social media as their preferred narrative platform. They present a theoretical perspective of murder that is based on both the criminological evidence and written works. In addition, the authors examine famous literature that has dealt ingeniously with murder and its relationship with real crime, from the Greek tragedians to Truman Capote to modern-day productions such as Making a Murderer.aaa This unique approach offers a new means to penetrate the minds of murderers, revealing their motives as well as the wider social meanings of this age-old crime and our continuing fascination with it. Author Biography Michael Arntfield is associate professor of literary criminology and forensic writing at Western University and a previous Fulbright Chair at Vanderbilt University. He is also a former police detective with over fifteen years experience across multiple areas of investigative specialization, a continuing government consultant on financial crime and money laundering, and codirector of the Murder Accountability Project in Washington, DC. His true crime television series, To Catch a Killer, is currently in syndication in over a dozen countries and he is routinely sought as an expert commentator on murder and crime news by the international media. He is the author of many previous books.Marcel Danesi is professor of anthropology at the University of Toronto and an internationally-renowned semiotician, lately known for having established a new branch of the discipline, "Forensic Semiotics," which aims to understand the relation of crime and criminality to culture, historical traditions, and symbolism. He has published extensively in various fields of anthropology and semiotics. Details ISBN 1633882535 ISBN-13 9781633882539 Title Murder in Plain English Author Michael Arntfield, Marcel Danesi Format Hardcover Year 2017 Pages 335 Publisher Prometheus Books GE_Item_ID:137160161; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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