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Petersen, Jennifer, 1970-

Murder, the media, and the politics of public feelings remembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. / [electronic resource] : Jennifer Petersen. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2011. - viii, 210 p.

Includes bibliographical references 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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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Subjects--Personal Names:
Shepard, Matthew, d. 1998.
Byrd, James, d. 1998.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hate crimes--Public opinion.--United States
Gays--Crimes against--United States.
African Americans--Crimes against.
Mass media and public opinion--United States.
Mass media and gays--United States.
Mass media and race relations--United States.
Mass media--Influence.--United States

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HV6773.52 / .P48 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 070.4/493641523