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Tabloid, Inc. : crimes, newspapers, narratives

Title
Tabloid, Inc. : crimes, newspapers, narratives / V. Penelope Pelizzon and Nancy M. West.
Author
Pelizzon, V. Penelope
Publication
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors
West, Nancy Martha, 1963-
Description
xiii, 221 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Theory and interpretation of narrative
Uniform Title
Theory and interpretation of narrative series.
Subject
  • Cain, James M. 1892-1977 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Weegee, 1899-1968 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Warner Bros. > History
  • Tabloid newspapers > History and criticism
  • Sensationalism in journalism > History > 20th century
  • Crime in mass media > History > 20th century
  • Crime in popular culture > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
For shopgirls and stenographers : narrative mobility, Hollywood advertising, and the tabloids -- "Ripped right off the front pages" : narrative mobility and Warner Brothers' headline news policy -- Trading Tommy guns for typewriters : narrative mobility and the tabloid racketeer cycle -- Multiple indemnity : tabloid melodrama, narrative mobility, and James M. Cain -- "Crime is my oyster" : Weegee's narrative mobility.
ISBN
  • 9780814211175 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0814211178 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780814292150 (cd-rom)
  • 0814292151 (cd-rom)
LCCN
  • 2009032132
  • 40017601033
OCLC
  • ocn432442148
  • SCSB-5509476
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries