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9780739115190

Iconic Events Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History

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    9780739115190

  • ISBN10:

    0739115197

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-06-07
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
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Summary

Iconic Events explores the social forces that have shaped the meanings around and enduring significance of events that have captured the public's imagination, including: Titanic, Pearl Harbor, Columbine, and September 11th. The book focuses on three interpretive phases including journalistic representations, political appropriations, and popular adaptations and pays particular attention to the development of dominant and resistive event narratives.

Author Biography

Patricia Leavy is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and director of the Gender Studies Program at Stonehill College.

Table of Contents

Iconic Events: Public Imagination and Social Memoryp. 1
Historical Sketches of the Eventsp. 33
The Represented Event: Journalism's Initial Spinp. 63
The Representational Event: Political Appropriationsp. 107
Iconic Events in Popular Culturep. 149
The Significance of Iconic Eventsp. 187
Selected Bibliographyp. 201
About the Authorp. 207
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