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Murder, the media, and the politics of public feelings : remembering Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. / Jennifer Petersen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petersen, Jennifer, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shepard, Matthew, d. 1998.
- Shepard, Matthew.
- Byrd, James, d. 1998.
- Byrd, James.
- Hate crimes--United States--Public opinion.
- Hate crimes.
- Gay people--Crimes against--United States.
- Gay people.
- African Americans--Crimes against.
- African Americans.
- Mass media and public opinion--United States.
- Mass media and public opinion.
- Mass media and gay people--United States.
- Mass media and gay people.
- Mass media and race relations--United States.
- Mass media and race relations.
- Mass media--United States--Influence.
- Mass media.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1998, the horrific murders of Matthew Shepard -- a gay man living in Laramie, Wyoming -- and James Byrd Jr. -- an African American man dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas -- provoked a passionate public outrage. The intense media coverage of the murders made moments of violence based in racism and homophobia highly visible and which eventually led to the passage of The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in 2009. The role the media played in cultivating, shaping, and directing the collective emotional response toward these crimes is the subject of this gripping new book by Jennifer Petersen. Tracing the emotional exchange from news stories to the creation of law, Petersen calls for an approach to media and democratic politics that takes into account the role of affect in the political and legal life of the nation.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-23589-7
- 9786613235893
- 0-253-00521-3
- OCLC:
- 753560294
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