White victims, black villains : gender, race, and crime news in US culture / Carol Stabile.

Author/creator Stabile, Carol A.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York ; London : Routledge, 2006.
Descriptionxi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents "The most disgusting objects of both sexes" : gender and race in the episodic crime news of the 1830s -- The cult of dead womanhood : protectors, villains, and victims in the origins of serialized crime news -- "The innocent cause of all these troubles" : black victims and the 1863 anti-draft riots -- "The malicious and untruthful white press" : lynch narratives and criminalization -- Monopolists of reason : the demise of sentimental crime reporting -- From the war on poverty to the war on crime -- Criminalizing black culture.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-228) and index.
LCCN 2006000659
ISBN0415374812 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0415374928 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415374811
ISBN9780415374927

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Joyner General Stacks PN4888.C8 S83 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold