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Racial spectacles, explorations in media, race, and justice, Jonathan Markovitz

Label
Racial spectacles, explorations in media, race, and justice, Jonathan Markovitz
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Racial spectacles
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
651914893
Responsibility statement
Jonathan Markovitz
Sub title
explorations in media, race, and justice
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- "Exploding the myth of the black rapist" : collective memory and the Scottsboro Nine -- Anatomy of a spectacle : race, gender, and memory in the Kobe Bryant rape case -- Framing police corruption : the LAPD Rampart scandal in the news -- Reel bad cops : Hollywood's appropriation of the Rampart scandal -- Racial spectacles under an anti-racist gaze : new media and Abu Ghraib -- Conclusion : lessons from a campus movement
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