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Searching for a demon : the media construction of the militia movement / Steven M. Chermak.
Van Pelt Library P96.M542 U543 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chermak, Steven M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Militia movements in mass media.
- Mass media--United States.
- Mass media.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Examines how the news media and popular entertainment ignited a national panic over the "militia menace" after the Oklahoma City bombing.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Constructing Community Boundaries 3
- Chapter 2 Ruby Ridge and Waco Revisited 23
- Chapter 3 The Rise and Fall of Militias 49
- Chapter 4 Voices of Good and Evil 74
- Chapter 5 Terrorists and Outsiders 109
- Chapter 6 Confirming the Threat 143
- Chapter 7 Popular Culture and Militias 175
- Chapter 8 Constructing Good Demons 211.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1555535429
- 1555535410
- OCLC:
- 49558585
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