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The Body in the Reservoir. Murder and Sensationalism in the South.
Michael Ayers Trotti
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Description for The Body in the Reservoir. Murder and Sensationalism in the South.
Paperback. Centered on a series of dramatic murders in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Richmond, Virginia, this book uses these stories of crime to explore the evolution of sensationalism in southern culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; JFD; JKV; KNTJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
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 Richmond, as across the nation, the embrace of modernity was accompanied by the prodigious growth of mass culture and its accelerating interest in lurid stories of crime and bloodshed. But while others have emphasized the importance of the penny press and yellow journalism on the shifting nature of the media and cultural responses to violence, Michael Trotti reveals ... Read more
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 Richmond, as across the nation, the embrace of modernity was accompanied by the prodigious growth of mass culture and its accelerating interest in lurid stories of crime and bloodshed. But while others have emphasized the importance of the penny press and yellow journalism on the shifting nature of the media and cultural responses to violence, Michael Trotti reveals ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807858424
SKU
V9780807858424
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About Michael Ayers Trotti
Michael Ayers Trotti is associate professor of history at Ithaca College.
Reviews for The Body in the Reservoir. Murder and Sensationalism in the South.
"Trotti's judicious study refines our understanding of American crime journalism and challenges a number of facile assumptions about violence, race, gender, and popular culture in the New South. Don't think you know 'who dunnit' - or who covered it - or why - until you've read this book. - Daniel A. Cohen, Case Western Reserve University"