Savage Portrayals - Race, Media & the Central Park Jogger Story

Informationen zum Autor Natalie P. Byfield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at St. John's University in Queens, New York. She has also taught in Journalism and Media Studies. She is a former Staff Writer for the New York Daily News. Klappentext Natalie P. Byfield is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at St. John's University in Queens, New York. She has also taught in Journalism and Media Studies. She is a former Staff Writer for the New York Daily News. Zusammenfassung Casts new light on this famous crime and its far-reaching consequences for the wrongly accused and the justice system. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments   1    Reconnecting New Forms of Inequality to their Roots 2    A Jogger Is Raped in Central Park 3    The Position of the Black Man in the Cult of White Womanhood 4    Salvaging the "Savage": A Racial Frame that Refuses to Die 5    A Participant Observes How Content Emerges 6    The "Facts" Emerge to Convict the Innocent 7    The Case Falls Apart: Media's Brief Mea Culpa 8    Selling Savage Portrayals: Young Black and Latino Males in the Carceral State 9    They Didn't Do It!   Notes References Index

Product details

• Authors: Natalie Byfield, Natalie P. Byfield
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2013
• EAN: 9781439906347
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0634-7
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Soziale Diskriminierung und Gleichbehandlung, Medienwissenschaften, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies