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Author:
Petersen, Jennifer, 1970-
Title:
Murder, the media, and the politics of public feelings : remembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. / Jennifer Petersen.
Publisher:
Indiana University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
viii, 210 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Shepard, Matthew,--d. 1998.
Byrd, James,--d. 1998.
Hate crimes--United States--Public opinion.
Gays--Crimes against--United States.
African Americans--Crimes against.
African American men--Violence against.
Racism--United States.
Homophobia--Laramie.--Laramie.
Mass media and public opinion--United States.
Mass media and gays--United States.
Mass media and race relations--United States.
Mass media--United States--Influence.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-202) and index.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
0253223393 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780253223395 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0253356598 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253356598 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)692291400
LCCN:
2011004521
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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