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Crime At El Escorial : the 1892 child murder, the press, and the jury / D. J. Walker.
Van Pelt Library PN5317.O24 .W355 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walker, D. J. (Dolores J.), 1936- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Journalism--Objectivity--Spain.
- Journalism.
- Journalism--Social aspects--Spain.
- Journalistic ethics--Spain.
- Journalistic ethics.
- Sex crimes--Press coverage--Spain.
- Sex crimes.
- Trials--Spain.
- Trials.
- Sex crimes--Press coverage.
- Journalism--Social aspects.
- Journalism--Objectivity.
- Spain.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 215 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland ; Plymouth, England : University Press of America, 2014.
- Summary:
- Crime at El Escorial presents a comparative social and judicial analysis an 1892 child murder, drawing from newspaper archives among other historical documents. D.J. Walker discusses the role of Spain's intellectual elite in crystallizing dissatisfaction with the popular jury through its criticism of the "masses" and the impact of journalists' fictionalized representations of the murder on public opinion. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Mass Taste and Crime Reporting in the Spanish Press of the 1890s 13
- 2 Fictionalizing the Escorial Crime 59
- 3 The Escorial Case as Rural Gothic 105
- 4 The Case of the "Niño de El Escorial" and the Attack on the Jury 141
- 5 Missed Opportunities 165.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761863559
- 9780761863557
- OCLC:
- 871671230
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