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9780739115206

Iconic Events Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History

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    9780739115206

  • ISBN10:

    0739115200

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-05-21
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
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Summary

Iconic Events: Media, Power, and Politics in Retelling History examines the processes of collective memory surrounding traumatic events that have been deemed iconic in American culture. Leavy investigates the social and market forces that have shaped the meanings and enduring significance of events that have captured the public's imagination, including the Titanic, Pearl Harbor, Columbine, and September 11. Iconic Events focuses on three interpretive phases that serve to mold public perception of these events: journalistic representations, political appropriations, and popular adaptations. With a vital, engaging approach, Leavy explores the processes by which traumatic events are made mythic in the public eye. Iconic Events is essential for collective memory scholars and undergraduate courses in communications, American studies, history, and sociology, as well as the general reader. Book jacket.

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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