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1 online resource (viii, 210 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index. |
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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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Shepard, Matthew, 1976-1998.
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Shepard, Matthew, 1976-1998. |
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Byrd, James, Jr., 1949-1998.
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Byrd, James, Jr., 1949-1998. |
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Shepard, Matthew, -1998. |
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Byrd, James, -1998. |
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Hate crimes -- United States -- Public opinion.
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Hate crimes. |
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United States. |
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Public opinion. |
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Gay people -- Crimes against -- United States.
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Gays. |
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African Americans -- Crimes against.
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African Americans -- Crimes against. |
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Mass media and public opinion -- United States.
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Mass media and public opinion. |
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Mass media and gay people -- United States.
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Mass media and race relations -- United States.
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Mass media and race relations. |
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Mass media -- United States -- Influence.
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Mass media. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Hate crimes. |
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Homosexuals. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Petersen, Jennifer, 1970- Murder, the media, and the politics of public feelings. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2011 9780253356598 (DLC) 2011004521 (OCoLC)692291400 |
| ISBN |
9780253005212 (electronic book) |
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0253005213 (electronic book) |
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9780253356598 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0253356598 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253223395 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0253223393 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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