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Law and justice as seen on TV / Elayne Rapping.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2003.Description: ix, 309 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0814775608 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780814775608 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0814775616 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780814775615 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.45655
LOC classification:
  • PN 1992.8 R221l 2003
Contents:
1. The return of the attorney-hero: politics and justice in the prime time courtroom -- 2. Aliens, nomads, mad dogs, and road warriors: tabloid TV and new face of criminal violence -- 3. Signs of the times: "OZ" and the sudden visibility of prisons on television -- 4. Cameras, court TV, and the rise of the criminal trial as major media event -- 5. The politics of representation: gender, violence, and criminal justice -- 6. Television and family dysfunction: from the talk show to the courtroom -- 7. Television and the demonization of youth -- 8. Television, melodrama, and the rise of the victims’ rights movement.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1992.8 R221l 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000028586

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-288) and indexes.

1. The return of the attorney-hero: politics and justice in the prime time courtroom -- 2. Aliens, nomads, mad dogs, and road warriors: tabloid TV and new face of criminal violence -- 3. Signs of the times: "OZ" and the sudden visibility of prisons on television -- 4. Cameras, court TV, and the rise of the criminal trial as major media event -- 5. The politics of representation: gender, violence, and criminal justice -- 6. Television and family dysfunction: from the talk show to the courtroom -- 7. Television and the demonization of youth -- 8. Television, melodrama, and the rise of the victims’ rights movement.

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