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Murder, the media, and the politics of public feelings remembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. /

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Main Author: Petersen, Jennifer, 1970-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Shepard, Matthew, > d. 1998.
Byrd, James, > d. 1998.
Hate crimes > United States > Public opinion.
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 > United States > Influence.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of 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.

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