Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives

Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9781351180467
ISBN-13 : 1351180460
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Book Synopsis Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives by : Ian Case Punnett

Download or read book Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives written by Ian Case Punnett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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