Titlebook: Criminals as Heroes in Popular Culture; Roxie J. James,Kathryn E. Lane Book 2020 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under ex

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gular protagonists who follow a narrative trajectory from victim through hero to arrive, ultimately, at villainy. Collapsing the characterological triad into single protagonists marks a late modern version of melodrama in which the possibilities for heroism are circumscribed, leaving characters able to opt only for victimization or villainy.

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,“I Need a Hero:” Representation and Reinvention of the Criminal Hero in Mass Media,ates, or the rise of the Robin Hood-esque folk hero. The criminal hero is a seductive figure, and, in truth, audiences get a rather scopophilic pleasure in watching people behave badly. This introduction offers an analysis of the varied and vexing definitions of hero, criminal, and criminal heroes,

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Criminality in Perspective and Politics of Legitimization: A Study in Paradox,outside the ambit of law, for (a) being an avowed renouncer of the societal obligations and (b) embodying the lofty spiritual ideals that presumably yield larger societal good. This chapter probes into the politics of legitimization of this “concession” focusing on two distinct moments of rupture in

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,“Said Some Things I Definitely (Don’t) Regret:” The Rhetorical Silence of ,’s Criminal Heroine,the Peabody-winning and Emmy-nominated . satire of true-crime documentaries. . interacts differently with its male and female “vandals,” almost all of whom, despite varying levels of wickedness, remain heroes to the narrative and the broader cultural conversations prompted. In short, men create assu

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,“Something Feels Weird:” Managing the Identity of “Ex-Con” in , are not reflective of the common fictional ex-convict archetype, but neither do they fully align with the real-life experiences presented by the group of formerly incarcerated academics known as Convict Criminologists. The fantastic coincidences of the plot, combined with Shadow’s unconventional ex

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Victims, Heroes, and Villains: Imaginary Beings in Contemporary Television Serials,evision serial dramas. Looking in particular at the examples of . and ., the author argues that the characterological trio now often exists within singular protagonists who follow a narrative trajectory from victim through hero to arrive, ultimately, at villainy. Collapsing the characterological tri