Murder, the media, and the politics of public feelings: remembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.
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Main Author: Petersen, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Ind. Indiana University Press c2011
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1047
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-202) and index
Introduction: media, emotion, and the public sphere -- Mourning Matthew Shepard: grief, shame, and the public sphere -- "Hate is not a Laramie value": translating feelings into law -- The murder of James Byrd Jr.: the political pedagogy of melodrama -- The visibility of suffering, injustice, and the law -- Conclusion: feeling in the public sphere
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 210 p.)
ISBN:0253005213
9780253005212

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