{"product_id":"second-wounds-9780822349495","title":"Second Wounds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzes how the U.S. victims rights movement has expanded the concept of victimhood to include family members and others close to the direct victims of violent crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSecond Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e is a nuanced study of how victims’ rights have become important factors not only in criminal justice cases but also in how crime is covered by journalists and understood as a social phenomenon. In this complex analysis of the rise of the victims’ rights movement, Carrie A. Rentschler explicates the politics of victimization while remaining sympathetic to activists. Based on original interpretations of legal discourse, cultural studies, feminist theory, and media studies, \u003ci\u003eSecond Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e is interdisciplinary scholarship at its best.”—\u003cb\u003eMarita Sturken\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eTourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSecond Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e is a terrific book, an important, timely work of cultural history grounded in thorough research and inventive analysis. Carrie A. Rentschler offers a deft account of the origin of victims’ rights advocacy and its influence on thinking about violence across the political, psychological, and media professions, and through them, across American public life.”—\u003cb\u003eFred Turner\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSecond Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant, moving cross-disciplinary investigation into representational debates about victims’ rights…. [A] difficult yet compelling read.” -- Nina Seja * Media International Australia *\u003cbr\u003e“[Rentschler’s] intervention into and revaluation of the politics of victimization is a welcome addition to discussions of victimization that find in the rhetoric of victimization (and the speaking position of victim) only disempowerment, resentment, or the flowering of a repressively punitive political project. . . . It will be of interest to a variety of scholars, including those interested in the cross-disciplinary study of trauma and its representation and those in the fields of American studies, media studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and criminology.” -- Jennifer Peterson * International Journal of Communication *\u003cbr\u003e“For journalism, media, and communication faculty, \u003ci\u003eSecond Wounds \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a solid resource for better explaining and examining what victims experience when interacting with media following a crime or tragedy. . . . \u003ci\u003eSecond Wounds \u003c\/i\u003eoffers students and scholars alike much to consider with regard to victims of crime in America today.” -- Wendy Townley * Journalism \u0026amp; Mass Communication Educator *\u003cbr\u003e“Cultural Studies at its best, \u003ci\u003eSecond Wounds \u003c\/i\u003emakes a significant intervention into contemporary US political culture—  not by adopting an ideological filter for cultural analysis, but by offering a nuanced history and critical analysis of the victims’ rights movement in all of its complexity.” -- Rachel Hall * Cultural Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“Carrie A. Rentschler’s \u003ci\u003eSecond Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-written and well-documented work of scholarship that draws on a range of novel data sources to analyze the discursive ways in which victims’ rights groups of various stripes engage in political work.” -- David A. Green * Law \u0026amp; Society Review *\u003cbr\u003e“[A] thoughtful, provocative, and critical analysis of the victims’ rights movement and victim advocacy. . . .  The author draws on multiple disciplines in framing her argument and her analysis is appropriate for the goal of the project. I highly recommend the book.” -- Steven Chermak * Theoretical Criminology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The Victims' Rights Movement and the Second Wound 1\u003cbr\u003e Part One. The Life and Times of Victims' Rights \u003cbr\u003e 1. Law and Order: The Dominant Ideology of Victims' Rights 33\u003cbr\u003e 2. An Activist History of Victims' Rights 55\u003cbr\u003e Part Two. Opening and Closing the Second Wound: Representing Victims \u003cbr\u003e 3. Meet the Press: Representing Victims' Rights 83\u003cbr\u003e 4. Undisclosed Sources: Victims' Rights and Journalism Training 113\u003cbr\u003e 5. Profiles of Life: News Memorials to the Dead 137\u003cbr\u003e 6. Faces of Murder 177\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion. Giving Face to the Family as Victim 211\u003cbr\u003e Notes 223\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 233\u003cbr\u003e Index 257","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138191524183,"sku":"9780822349495","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822349495.jpg?v=1751918381","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/second-wounds-9780822349495","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}