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The New Orleans sniper : a phenomenological case study of constituting the other /
On January 7, 1973, shots were fired from Howard Johnson's Motel in New Orleans, LA. Six were killed, ten wounded, and the debate began about the number of snipers. Waksler traces the course of this event and analyzes claims and counterclaims made in the search to explain it.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
University Press of America,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; The Project; The Event; The Data; Timeline of Key Events; Chapter 2: Constituting the Other: The Context; The Immediate Context for Assumptions; The Power of First Assumptions; Chapter 3: Constituting the Other: The Evidence; What One Person is Capable of Doing: Mark Essex (The ""First"" Sniper); Signs of an Other; Others are Seeable; Others and Their Actions are Hearable; Turn-Taking (Reciprocity); Leavings; Speculation and Conspiracy Theories.
- What One person is Capable of Doing: The ""Escape"" of the Second SniperA Note on Ambiguity: Either/or Explanations; Legitimating Evidence; Chapter 4: The Aftermath: Unconstituting the Other; Reworking the Evidence; NOPD Report; What One Person is Capable of Doing: Mark Essex (The ""First"" Sniper); Reworking Signs of an Other; Others are Seeable: Sightings at Howard Johnson's; Others are Seeable: Retrospective Sightings; Others and Their Actions are Hearable; Turn-Taking (Reciprocity); Leavings; Speculations and Conspiracy Theories; Lingering Traces of a Second Sniper.
- A Path for a Second SniperChapter 5: Conclusion; Appendix: Witnesses' Sightings and Descriptions of Sniper(s); Bibliography; Index; About the Author.