{"product_id":"savage-portrayals-9781439906347","title":"Savage Portrayals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCasts new light on this famous crime and its far-reaching consequences for the wrongly accused and the justice system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Byfield brings bifocal vision to her analysis of media treatment of the Central Park Jogger story, which she covered in her first career as a journalist for the New York Daily News... From her current perspective as a sociologist, Byfield reexamines the horrific event in light of after-acquired evidence and scholarly methodology, particularly content analysis of news coverage, and she tells a revised story in which issues of race, class, and media bias taint the justice system. VERDICT: A chilling, ultimately instructive portrayal of savage injustice \" - Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   1    Reconnecting New Forms of Inequality to their Roots 2    A Jogger Is Raped in Central Park 3    The Position of the Black Man in the Cult of White Womanhood 4    Salvaging the “Savage”: A Racial Frame that Refuses to Die 5    A Participant Observes How Content Emerges 6    The “Facts” Emerge to Convict the Innocent 7    The Case Falls Apart: Media’s Brief Mea Culpa 8    Selling Savage Portrayals: Young Black and Latino Males in the Carceral State 9    They Didn’t Do It!   Notes References Index","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408304349527,"sku":"9781439906347","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439906347.jpg?v=1730502360","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/savage-portrayals-9781439906347","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}