Monsters Inc.: Serial killers and consumer culture

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 326-344

  Jarvis, Brian ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commodification; Consumerism; Popular culture; Serial killer; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149216642     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659007082469     Document Type: Review

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