{"product_id":"savage-portrayals-natalie-byfield-9781439906347","title":"Savage Portrayals: Race, Media, and the Central Park Jogger Story","description":"In 1989, the rape and beating of a white female jogger in Central Park made international headlines. Many accounts reported the incident as an example of \"wilding\"--episodes of poor, minority youths roaming the streets looking for trouble. Police intent on immediate justice for the victim coerced five African-American and Latino boys to plead guilty. The teenage boys were quickly convicted and imprisoned. Natalie Byfield, who covered the case for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News, \u003c\/i\u003enow revisits the story of the Central Park Five from her perspective as a black female reporter in \u003ci\u003eSavage Portrayals. \u003c\/i\u003e Byfield illuminates the race, class, and gender bias in the massive media coverage of the crime and the prosecution of the now-exonerated defendants. Her sociological analysis and first-person account persuasively argue that the racialized reportage of the case buttressed efforts to try juveniles as adults across the nation. \u003ci\u003eSavage Portrayals \u003c\/i\u003ecasts new light on this famous crime and its far-reaching consequences for the wrongly accused and the justice system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Natalie Byfield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439906343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439906347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014 pg. 124","brand":"Natalie Byfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986188861695,"sku":"9781439906347","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9caaf9b6-f42f-4b0b-95bc-eaaffc8cd587.jpg?v=1683281885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/savage-portrayals-natalie-byfield-9781439906347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}