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ICONIC EVENTS
MEDIA, POLITICS, AND POWER IN RETELLING HISTORY |
| By: |
Patricia Leavy |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0739115200 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780739115206 |
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| Publisher: |
LEXINGTON BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
21 May, 2007 |
| Pages: |
220 |
| Description: |
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. This book focuses on three interpretive phases including journalistic representations, political appropriations, and popular adaptations. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Lexington Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |