The Body in the Reservoir : Murder and Sensationalism in the South /

This book covers mass media and the sensational crime. Centered on a series of dramatic murders in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Richmond, Virginia, "The Body in the Reservoir" uses these gripping stories of crime to explore the evolution of sensationalism in southern culture. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trotti, Michael Ayers
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mord
Sensationsjournalismus
Sensationalism in journalism
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Meurtre > Couverture de presse > Virginie > Richmond > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Meurtre > Couverture de presse > Virginie > Richmond > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Sensationnalisme journalistique > Virginie > Richmond > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sensationnalisme journalistique > Virginie > Richmond > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Murder > Press coverage > Virginia > Richmond > History > 20th century.
Murder > Press coverage > Virginia > Richmond > History > 19th century.
Sensationalism in journalism > Virginia > Richmond > History > 20th century.
Sensationalism in journalism > Virginia > Richmond > History > 19th century.
Richmond, Va.
Virginia > Richmond
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction
  • Discovering the Body; 1. The Origins of Virginia Crime Sensationalism; 2. Sensational Crime Comes of Age: The Cluverius Case of 1885; 3. The Disenchantment of Sensational Murder; 4. African American Sensations: Jim Crow Justice and the Richmond Planet; 5. Images of Murder: The Visual Revolution of the Halftone; 6. The Public Suspense Is Over; Epilogue
  • Mass Culture's Search for Disorder; Notes; Index.

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