Motherhood in the media : infanticide, journalism, and the digital age / Barbara Barnett.
"This book examines contemporary media stories about women who kill their children. By analyzing media texts, motherhood blogs, and journalistic interviews, the book seeks to understand better maternal violence and the factors that lead women to harm their children. The central thesis of this book i...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2016.
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| Series: | Routledge research in cultural and media studies ;
84. |
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| Physical Description: | 224 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction: murdering mothers: from tragic to hot
- Child murders: a global, historical perspective of an enduring practice
- The media landscape: changing values, changing content
- Mom slays tot: film at 11
- The famous and the infamous: how the media construct celebrity "monster" moms
- The storytellers' stories
- New media, new stories? Mothers use social media
- Epilogue: why do women kill their children - and is there anything we can do about it?