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The Penalty Is Death: U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Women's Executions
Marlin Shipman
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Hardcover. Examines the shifts in press coverage of women's executions over the past 150 years. Shipman's use of reconstructed stories, gleaned from hundreds of newspaper articles, aims to give readers an understanding of the ways in which dailies reported on the trials of women. Num Pages: 328 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFD; JFSJ1; JKVP; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 694.
In this work, Shipman examines the shifts in press coverage of women's executions over the past 150 years. Since the colonies' first execution of a woman in 1632, about 560 more women have had to face the death penalty. Newspaper responses to these executions have ranged from massive national coverage to limited regional and even local coverage. Throughout the years, the press has been guilty of sensationalism, stereotyping and marginalizing of female convicts, making prejudicial remarks, trying these women in the media and virtually ignoring or simply demeaning African-American women convicts. This well researched book studies countless episodes that serve ... Read more
In this work, Shipman examines the shifts in press coverage of women's executions over the past 150 years. Since the colonies' first execution of a woman in 1632, about 560 more women have had to face the death penalty. Newspaper responses to these executions have ranged from massive national coverage to limited regional and even local coverage. Throughout the years, the press has been guilty of sensationalism, stereotyping and marginalizing of female convicts, making prejudicial remarks, trying these women in the media and virtually ignoring or simply demeaning African-American women convicts. This well researched book studies countless episodes that serve ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826213860
SKU
V9780826213860
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About Marlin Shipman
Marlin Shipman is Professor of Journalism at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro.
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