Savage Portrayals : Race, Media and the Central Park Jogger Story /

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In 1989, the rape and beating of a white female jogger in Central Park made international headlines. Many accounts reported the incident as an example of "wilding"--Episodes of poor, minority youths roaming the streets looking for trouble. Police intent on immediate justice for the victim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byfield, Natalie P., 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Racism.
Press coverage.
Hispanic Americans in mass media.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
African Americans in mass media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Americains d'origine latino-americaine dans les medias.
Noirs americains dans les medias.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice penale > New York (État) > New York > Études de cas.
Crimes violents > Couverture de presse > New York (État) > New York > Études de cas.
Proces pour viol de la joggeuse de Central Park, New York, N.Y., 1990 > Couverture de presse.
Racism > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Violent crimes > Press coverage > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Rape > Press coverage > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Central Park Jogger Rape Trial, New York, N.Y., 1990 > Press coverage.
United States.
New York (State) > New York.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reconnecting new forms of inequality to their roots
  • A jogger is raped in Central Park
  • The position of the black man in the cult of (white) womanhood
  • Salvaging the "savage": a racial frame that refuses to die
  • A participant observes how content emerges
  • The "facts" emerge to convict the innocent
  • The case falls apart: media's brief mea culpa
  • Selling savage portrayals: incorporating young black males in the carceral state
  • They didn't do it!

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