{"product_id":"murder-the-media-and-the-politics-of-public-fe-remembering-matthew-shepard-and-james-byrd-jr-9780253223395","title":"Murder the Media and the Politics of Public Fe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscusses the role the media play in cultivating, shaping, and directing the collective emotional response toward crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePetersen grounds her study in a wide array of literature about topics including the ethics of mediating suffering, masculinity, gender, class, melodrama, liberalism, the public sphere, imagined communities, reason, and emotion. . . . Graduate students interested in cultural studies, gender and queer studies, and\/or advocacy may find Petersen's book useful.\u003c\/p\u003e * JHISTORY H-Net *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePetersen makes use of an intriguing thesis and presents an insightful source for journalism and broadcasting students. July 2011\u003c\/p\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePetersen offers an impressive reading of media discourses illustrating the value of public feelings and how they can become animating forces in the production of civic action.\u003c\/p\u003e * Great Plains Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Media, Emotion, and the Public Sphere\u003cbr\u003e1. Mourning Matthew Shepard: Grief, Shame, and the Public Sphere\u003cbr\u003e2. \"Hate is Not a Laramie Value\": Translating Feelings into Law\u003cbr\u003e3. The Murder of James Byrd Jr.: The Political Pedagogy of Melodrama\u003cbr\u003e4. The Visibility of Suffering, Injustice, and the Law\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Feeling in the Public Sphere\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Text and Interview Selection\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400669471063,"sku":"9780253223395","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253223395.jpg?v=1730471252","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/murder-the-media-and-the-politics-of-public-fe-remembering-matthew-shepard-and-james-byrd-jr-9780253223395","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}