Videogames are a multibillion-dollar industry. Their high definition graphics and sophisticated gameplay cater to a continuously growing crowd of enthusiastic players. But what is their standing in the academic community? Can games be studied as texts or are they limited by the …
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An honor killing is a murder committed against a woman for actual or perceived immoral behavior that is deemed to have breached the honor of a household or community. The most common motive for honor killings is a suspicion of intimate relations between a woman and a man, whethe…
By popular cultural assumption, women are less aggressive than men, and 'woman' can therefore be constructed as an image of peacefulness. This construction is a myth that needs to be questioned in the interests of proper attention to the varied experiences and circumstances of w…
If crime stories continually pass before the public eye, a subset of those crimes become social dramas, upsetting and even transfixing a community for weeks and months at a time. Centered upon a series of murder cases in Virginia, this project charts the evolution of crime sensa…
Serial murder is tightly woven in the foundation of American history, and as such, so has serial murder been a plotline in American media. Throughout time, there have been books, television shows, films, and podcasts that both entertain and inform media consumers about the heino…
This dissertation examines popular literary representations of domestic crime in Elizabethan and Stuart England (circa 1550-1650), exploring the ways real-life scandals were torn from the headlines to address contemporary anxieties about gender roles, treason, obedience, and the…