| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 210 pages) |
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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 |
| Summary |
In 1998, the horrific murders of Matthew Shepard- a gay man living in Laramie, Wyoming- and James Byrd Jr.- an African American man dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas- provoked a passionate public outrage. The intense media coverage of the murders made moments of violence based in racism and homophobia highly visible and which eventually led to the passage of The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009. The role the media played in cultivating, shaping, and directing the collective emotional response toward these crimes is the subject of this gripping new book by Jennifer Petersen. Tracing the emotional exchange from news stories to the creation of law, Petersen calls for an approach to media and democratic politics that takes into account the role of affect in the political and legal life of the nation. -- Back Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Shepard, Matthew, 1976-1998.
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Byrd, James, Jr., 1949-1998.
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Byrd, James, Jr., 1949-1998 fast |
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Shepard, Matthew, 1976-1998 fast |
| Subject |
Hate crimes -- United States -- Public opinion
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Gay people -- Crimes against -- United States
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African Americans -- Crimes against.
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Mass media and public opinion -- United States
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Mass media and gay people -- United States
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Mass media and race relations -- United States
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Mass media -- United States -- Influence
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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African Americans -- Crimes against
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Gays -- Crimes against
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Hate crimes -- Public opinion
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Mass media and gays
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Mass media and public opinion
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Mass media and race relations
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Mass media -- Influence
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Massenmedien
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Beeinflussung
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Gesellschaft
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Hatbrott i pressen -- Förenta staterna.
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United States
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011004521 |
| ISBN |
9780253005212 |
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0253005213 |
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1283235897 |
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9781283235891 |
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9786613235893 |
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661323589X |
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0253356598 |
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9780253356598 |
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