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You're Not So Special, Mr Ford: The Quest for Criminal Celebrity
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Published
Associated organisation
| Publication date | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Host publication | Cross-Cultural Conections in Crime Fictions |
| Editors | Vivien Miller, Helen Oakley |
| Place of publication | Basingstoke |
| Publisher | Palgrave |
| Pages | 40-58 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-230-35398-5 |
| Original language | English |
Abstract
This chapter argues that the careers of Bob Ford and John Wesley Hardin illustrate two different sides of celebrity criminality, and, as progenitors of this type of celebrity, offer unique insight into its nature.