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Article: Criminal madness: cultural iconography and insanity. (Symposium: Media, Justice, and the Law)
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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INTRODUCTION
I. CRIMINAL MADNESS AND CULTURAL ICONOGRAPHY
II. THE AGE OF EUGENICS: CRIMINAL DEGENERATES, SEX FIENDS, AND
IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSES
III. THE AGE OF HITCHCOCK: THE RISE AND DEMISE OF THE FREUDIAN
PSYCHOPATH
IV. THE NEW MONSTERS: THE RISE (AND RISE AGAIN) OF THE IMPLACABLE
PSYCHOPATHIC KILLER
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
From Euripides to Shakespeare to Hitchcock, criminal madness has played a central role in the most popular and influential media of the day. (1) This is, perhaps, not surprising. Not only is criminal madness an intrinsically powerful melodramatic plot device, it touches upon fundamental social and ...