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Trotti, Michael Ayers.

The body in the reservoir : [electronic resource] murder & sensationalism in the South / - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008 - one online resource, 314 pages : illustrations ;

Introduction -- Discovering the Body -- 1. The Origins of Virginia Crime Sensationalism -- 2. Sensational Crime Comes of Age: The Cluverius Case of 1885 -- 3. The Disenchantment of Sensational Murder -- 4. African American Sensations: Jim Crow Justice and the Richmond Planet -- 5. Images of Murder: The Visual Revolution of the Halftone -- 6. The Public Suspense Is Over -- Epilogue -- Mass Culture's Search for Disorder.

9780807858424


Sensationalism in journalism-- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.
Sensationalism in journalism-- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 20th century.
Murder -- Press coverage -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Press coverage -- Virginia -- Richmond -- History -- 20th century.

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