Amerykańskie seriale true crime o seryjnych mordercach w streamingu
American True Crime Streaming Shows about Serial Killers

Summary/Abstract: According to Marc Ferro, sensational faits divers, such as stories about Jack the Ripper, are presented in cinema as symptoms through which the society can understand certain social and political issues. Adopting a similar assumption, the author analyses selected American true crime series – produced and distributed by various streaming platforms – in a broader sociopolitical context. The shows are placed in the paradigm of American “wound culture” (Mark Seltzer) and 9/11 discourse (the proliferation of true crime genre as an expression of nostalgia for safe America before the WTC attack). The article proposes reflection on ethical questions (the fascination with serial killers as an example of David Schmid’s “natural born celebrities culture”) and on viewers’ active Participation (Stella Bruzzi’s “performative true crime”) as an attitude typical for the contemporary ‘culture of detection’.

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