Date of Award
2019
Document Type
Dissertation
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Caputi, Jane
Abstract
In an intersectional feminist analysis of Dexter in both the novels by Jeff Lindsay as well as the Showtime television series, this dissertation will explore the challenging but compelling nature of the serial killer as a pop culture icon, and address themes of gender and sexuality as well as class, ethnicity and regions as they are portrayed in the series. Dexter Morgan, on the Showtime series and in the novels, both exposes popular culture’s problematic identification with the serial killer and solidifies it by being a socially palatable anti-hero.
Extent
151 p.
Recommended Citation
Burns-Davies, Erin, "DECODING DEXTER: AN ANALYSIS OF AMERICA’S FAVORITE SERIAL KILLER" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 2140.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/2140
Identifier
FA00013288
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2019.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.