Jack the Ripper and the London press /
Curtis, L. Perry, Jr., 1932-
Jack the Ripper and the London press / L. Perry Curtis, Jr. - viii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Whitechapel Murders: A Chronicle -- Images and Realities of the East End -- The Theory and Practice of Victorian Journalism -- Sensation News -- Victorian Murder News -- The First Two Murders -- The Double Event -- The Pursuit of Angles -- The Kelly Reportage -- The Inquests: Reporting the Female Body -- Responses to Ripper News: Letters to the Editor -- The Cultural Politics of Ripper News. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12.
"Press coverage of the 1888 mutilation murders attributed to Jack the Ripper was of necessity filled with gaps and silences, for the killer remained unknown and Victorian journalists had little experience reporting serial murders and sex crimes. This engrossing book examines how fifteen London newspapers - dailies and weeklies, highbrow and lowbrow - presented the Ripper news, in the process revealing much about the social, political, and sexual anxieties of late Victorian Britain and the role of journalists in reinforcing social norms." "L. Perry Curtis surveys the mass newspaper culture of the era, delving into the nature of sensationalism and the conventions of domestic murders news. Analyzing the fifteen newspapers - several of which emanated from the East End, where the murders took place - he shows how journalists played on the fears of readers about law and order by dwelling on lethal violence rather than sex, offering gruesome details about knife injuries but often withholding some of the more intimate details of the pelvic mutilations. He also considers how the Ripper news affected public perceptions of social conditions in Whitechapel."--BOOK JACKET.
0300088728 9780300088724
2001002530
Jack, the Ripper
Serial murders--Press coverage--England--London
Serial murderers--Press coverage--England--London
Serial murders--History--England--London--19th century
HV6535.G6 / L6345 2001
070.4493641523092
Jack the Ripper and the London press / L. Perry Curtis, Jr. - viii, 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Whitechapel Murders: A Chronicle -- Images and Realities of the East End -- The Theory and Practice of Victorian Journalism -- Sensation News -- Victorian Murder News -- The First Two Murders -- The Double Event -- The Pursuit of Angles -- The Kelly Reportage -- The Inquests: Reporting the Female Body -- Responses to Ripper News: Letters to the Editor -- The Cultural Politics of Ripper News. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. Ch. 12.
"Press coverage of the 1888 mutilation murders attributed to Jack the Ripper was of necessity filled with gaps and silences, for the killer remained unknown and Victorian journalists had little experience reporting serial murders and sex crimes. This engrossing book examines how fifteen London newspapers - dailies and weeklies, highbrow and lowbrow - presented the Ripper news, in the process revealing much about the social, political, and sexual anxieties of late Victorian Britain and the role of journalists in reinforcing social norms." "L. Perry Curtis surveys the mass newspaper culture of the era, delving into the nature of sensationalism and the conventions of domestic murders news. Analyzing the fifteen newspapers - several of which emanated from the East End, where the murders took place - he shows how journalists played on the fears of readers about law and order by dwelling on lethal violence rather than sex, offering gruesome details about knife injuries but often withholding some of the more intimate details of the pelvic mutilations. He also considers how the Ripper news affected public perceptions of social conditions in Whitechapel."--BOOK JACKET.
0300088728 9780300088724
2001002530
Jack, the Ripper
Serial murders--Press coverage--England--London
Serial murderers--Press coverage--England--London
Serial murders--History--England--London--19th century
HV6535.G6 / L6345 2001
070.4493641523092