Petersen, Jennifer,  1970- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Shepard, Matthew, d. 1998. <br/>Byrd, James, d. 1998. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hate crimes--Public opinion.--United States<br/>Gays--Crimes against--United States.<br/>African Americans--Crimes against.<br/>Mass media and public opinion--United States.<br/>Mass media and gays--United States.<br/>Mass media and race relations--United States.<br/>Mass media--Influence.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6773.52  / .P48 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.4/493641523