Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XII, 218 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9789004392397
Series Statement:
The medieval and early modern Iberian world volume 68
Content:
A murder of crows -- The taxonomic axis of fatality : from series of monsters to serial murderers -- Sketching the face of evil : pioneering serial killers -- On the edge : living between suicide and madness -- Expressing criminal behavior -- Dying in parts : criminography and the cult of excess -- Cleaning the crime scene.
Content:
"Exceptional Crime in Early Modern Spain accounts for the representation of violent and complex murders, analysing the role of the criminal, its portrayal through rhetorical devices, and its cultural and aesthetic impact. Proteic traits allow for an understanding of how crime is constructed within the parameters of exception, borrowing from pre-existent forms while devising new patterns and categories such as criminography, the 'star killer,' the staging of crimes as suicides, serial murders, and the faking of madness. These accounts aim at bewildering and shocking demanding readers through a carefully displayed cult to excessive behaviour. The arranged 'economy of death' displayed in murder accounts will set them apart from other exceptional instances, as proven by their long-standing presence in subsequent centuries"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004390171
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004390171
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Río Parra, Elena del, 1972 - Exceptional crime in early modern Spain Leiden : Brill, 2019 ISBN 9789004390171
Language:
English
Keywords:
Spanien
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Mord
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Berichterstattung
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Mörder
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Darstellung
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Geschichte 1500-1600
DOI:
10.1163/9789004392397
Author information:
Río Parra, Elena del 1972-
