Challenging Representation and Genre in True Crime Media

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The Power of Disruptive Storytelling

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvAmy R. May,Leandra Hinojosa Hernández,Victoria McDermott,Amy May,Kari Nixon,Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez

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Contributors explore how true crime media creators and audiences can disrupt traditional approaches to storytelling in the creation, promotion, and consumption of the genre, raising critical questions about power structures including ethics, representation, and voice. Traditional approaches to true crime narratives follow a formulaic story arc that is often exploitative in nature, typically foregrounding the lived experiences of the perpetrator and the rationalizations for their crimes and told through the lens of law enforcement. Contributors qualitatively analyze a variety of digitally mediated true crime content including news discourses, podcasts like Last Podcast on the Left, and television series like The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story to illuminate the significant limitations of this approach. Rather than taking a negative stance, however, this volume instead emphasizes the possibilities that this genre has to offer by challenging scholars, practitioners, and educators to rethink their own place in the current landscape. How can we as creators, consumers, and critics harness true crime narratives in ways that honor victims and communities, uphold accurate and respectful representations, challenge dominant narratives within criminal justice, and ultimately transform the true crime genre through innovation?

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-03
Mått152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt503 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781666970371

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Acknowledgments IntroductionVictoria McDermott (University of Alaska, USA), Amy R. May (University of Alaska, USA), and Leandra H. Hernández (University of Utah, USA)Part I: Cultural Storytelling, Community, and Survival1. Chisme Saves Lives: Cultivating Survival through Spectral Storytelling Shantel Martinez (Independent Scholar, USA) and Darby Martinez Stapleton (Northwestern University, USA)2. Echoes of Justice: Indigenous vs. non-Indigenous Podcasters in the Realm of True Crime Marissa Kildow (University of Alaska, USA)Part II: Inclusion and Representation3. Marginalized Narratives in True Crime Zazil Reyes Garcia (University of the Incarnate Word, USA) and Diana Isabel Martínez (Pepperdine University, USA)4. Queerness, Madness, and Monstrosity in True Crime: The Case of Aileen Wuornos Emily Krebs (Fordham University, USA), Leandra H. Hernández (University of Utah, USA), and Gabrielle Y. Garza (University of Utah, USA)Part III: Challenging Dominant Narratives in the Criminal Justice System5. Screams, Shots, and Sirens: Analyzing the Rhetorical Significance of Narrative Aurality within News Discourses of Police ViolenceJoshua Guitar (Kean University, USA), Ridimerb Diaz-Ramirez (Kean University, USA), and Natalia Szabla (Kean University, USA)6. "If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit.”: Analyzing the Sociopolitical Framing in The People v. O.J. Simpson: An American Crime StoryOlivia Truban (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA) and Mary Jane Taylor (University of North Texas, USA)Part IV: Genre Toppling and Innovation7. Murder is Boring: A True Crime Podcast Analysis of Expectancy Violations Shelby Kreigh (University of Alaska, USA)8. Bloody Valentine: How Podcast But Make It Scary Flips the Script on Romance Film Genre SemioticsMatt Jardin (University of Alaska, USA)9. Parasocial Relationships and True Crime Podcasts: The Last Podcast on the Left, When Parasocial Relationships Go Too FarVictoria McDermott (University of Alaska, USA), Connor McDermott (University of Virginia, USA), and Maria Blevins (Utah Valley University, USA)Conclusion Victoria McDermott (University of Alaska, USA), Amy R. May (University of Alaska, USA), and Leandra H. Hernández (University of Utah, USA)About the Editors About the ContributorsIndex