Covering the Body: The Kennedy Assassination, the Media, and the Shaping of Collective Memory

by Barbie Zelizer

Book Overview

Images of the assassination of John F. Kennedy are burned deeply into the memories of millions who watched the events of November 1963 unfold live on television. Never before had America seen an event of this magnitude as it happened. But what is it we remember? How did the near chaos of the shooting and its aftermath get transformed into a seamless story of epic proportions? In this book, Barbie Zelizer explores the way we learned about and came...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226979717
• ISBN13: 9780226979717
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"