Fictional Death and Scientific Truth: The Truth-value of Science in Contemporary Forensic Crime Fiction

Kerstin Bergman

Fictional Death and Scientific Truth: The Truth-value of Science in Contemporary Forensic Crime Fiction

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The author explores the relationship between science and truth in forensic crime fiction by analysis of narrative and media specific constituents of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Cornwell’s The Scarpetta Factor. Both are found to convey strong bonds between science and truth, and readers/viewers are likely to assume that this is the case also in the external world.

Originalspråk	engelska
Sidor (från-till)	88-98
Tidskrift	Clues: A Journal of Detection
Volym	30
Nummer	1
Status	Published - 2012

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Science in the Crime Genre
Bergman, K. (PI)
2008/01/01 → 2012/12/31
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