Iconic Events: Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History by Leavy, Patricia

Iconic Events: Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780739115206)

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Format: Paperback
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Iconic Events: Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History by Leavy, Patricia

Iconic Events: Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History

$58.95
Iconic Events: Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History by Leavy, Patricia

Iconic Events: Media, Politics, and Power in Retelling History

$58.95
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
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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: Patricia Leavy
ISBN-10: 0739115200
ISBN-13: 9780739115206
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2007
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.10w x 0.67d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 141
Choice 02/01/2008 pg. 1222
By Patricia Leavy
By Patricia Leavy
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Patricia Leavy is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and director of the Gender Studies Program at Stonehill College.

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