Dark authenticities : criminal memorabilia and consumer culture

This thesis investigates crime memorabilia, or ‘true crime objects’, and proposes the concept of ‘authenticity’ as a way of understanding the perceived value and imagined criminality inside of objects, artefacts, exhibitions and consumables associated with famous violent crimes. Murderabilia has enj...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denham, Jack
Other Authors: Penfold-Mounce, Ruth ; Beer, David
Published: University of York 2017
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301
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.727346