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Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives

A Textual Analysis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

AvIan Case Punnett

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Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives vivifies how nonfiction murder stories are told, what role they play in society, and in the form of true crime why they remain enduringly popular internationally on every platform. This book establishes for the first time the actual line—or dotted line—between mainstream journalism and the multimedia phenomena of true crime. Presenting a stable definition of what is—and what is not—true crime will either challenge or justify Truman Capote’s claims regarding the creation of a "new journalism" with In Cold Blood, and accordingly expose the reluctance of the promoters of NPR’s Serial, HBO’s The Jinx, and Netflix’s Making a Murderer to refer to their products as such. This research codifies true crime texts of various types on multiple platforms—radio, television, print, digital, and film—to reveal the defining characteristics of the genre.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-02-02
Mått138 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt300 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Focus on Journalism Studies
Antal sidor128
FörlagTaylor & Francis Inc
ISBN9780815385707

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1. Introduction: An Outline in Chalk1.1 Securing the Scene1.2The Background Check2. The Exploratory Study: A Proper Search2.1 Interrogating the Texts2.2 Selection of True Crime Narratives: "The Usual Suspects"2.3 Summation3. The Findings: Two Sides to Every True Crime Story3.1 The Prosecution: The Critic’s View3.2 The Defense: True Crime as a Justice Mechanism3.3 A Review of the Evidence: A Theory of True Crime 3.4 Summation4. Conclusion and Discussion: TheVerdict4.1 A Theory of True Crime4.2 Crimen Veritas4.3 The International Man Hunt is On4.4 Accomplices after the Fact4.5 NON-narrative True Crime Writing 4.6 Crime Porn4.7 The Final Sentence