Author talk with Bryan J. McCann :: Goodwood Library

Author talk

We invite the public to the Main Library at Goodwood on Sunday, July 12, at 2:15 p.m. for an author talk

with Bryan J. McCann, professor and author of The Bundy Archive: Genealogies of White Masculinity.

Blending cultural criticism, true crime, and memoir, McCann examines the enduring public fascination

with serial killer Ted Bundy, arguing that Bundy’s prominence stems not from his exceptional depravity

but from his unsettling familiarity within American culture. Through an exploration of media, rhetoric,

and popular texts that comprise what he calls “the Bundy archive,” McCann reveals how public narratives

surrounding Bundy reflect broader anxieties about white masculinity, gendered violence, race, and power.

This thought-provoking discussion will offer insight into the ways popular culture grapples with violence

and its lasting social implications.Author talk
We invite the public to the Main Library at Goodwood on Sunday, July 12, at 2:15 p.m. for an author talk
with Bryan J. McCann, professor and author of The Bundy Archive: Genealogies of White Masculinity.
Blending cultural criticism, true crime, and memoir, McCann examines the enduring public fascination
with serial killer Ted Bundy, arguing that Bundy’s prominence stems not from his exceptional depravity
but from his unsettling familiarity within American culture. Through an exploration of media, rhetoric,
and popular texts that comprise what he calls “the Bundy archive,” McCann reveals how public narratives
surrounding Bundy reflect broader anxieties about white masculinity, gendered violence, race, and power.
This thought-provoking discussion will offer insight into the ways popular culture grapples with violence
and its lasting social implications.