Evidence of things seen : true crime in an era of reckoning
2023
Book
"True crime, as an entertainment genre, has always prioritized clear narrative arcs: victims wronged, police detectives in pursuit, suspects apprehended, justice delivered. But what stories have been ignored? In Evidence of Things Seen, fourteen of the most innovative crime writers working today cast a light on the cases that give crucial insight into our society. This anthology pulls back the curtain on how crime itself is a by-product of America's systemic harms and inequalities. And in doing so, it reveals how the genre of true crime can be a catalyst for social change. These works combine brilliant storytelling with incisive cultural examinations--and challenge each of us to ask what justice should look like"-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780063323926
- 9780063233928
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxiii, 276 pages ; 22 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267).
LCCN: bl2023022160
Control Number: 3288653
Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]Subjects:
- Crime -- Case studies.
- Crime and the press -- Social aspects.
- Crime.
- True crime stories -- Social aspects.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Bazelon, Lara, 1974- Has reality caught up to the "murder police"?
- Chaudry, Rabia, writer of introduction.
- Hobbes, Michael. Golden age of white-collar crime.
- Jeong, May. How the Atlanta spa shootings--the victims, the survivors--tell a story of America.
- Jurjevics, R. F. True crime junkies and the curious case of a missing husband.
- Knox, Amanda. Who owns Amanda Knox?
- Lowery, Wesley, 1990- Brutal lynching.
- Morin, Brandi. Picturesque California conceals a crisis of missing women.
- Moskovitz, Diana. Tie a tourniquet on your heart.
- Schonbek, Amelia. Will you ever change?
- Van der Leun, Justine. "No choice but to do it."
- Weinman, Sarah, editor.