O. J. Simpson Facts and Fictions Nes Rituals in the Construction of Reality [Paperback]

Analyses media coverage of O. J. Simpson trial and divided reactions of 'White' and African Americans.Darnell M. Hunt explores the relationship between social identity (race, class, gender etc), our perceptions of everyday reality and the O. J. Simpson double murder trial to ask: why was America so obsessed by this case? why were so many people invested in particular outcomes? And what are we to make of the apparent racial divide in attitudes about the case captured by the opinion polls? O. J. Facts and Fictions tackles these questions and considers the implications for race relations in the United States at the dawn of the new millenium.Darnell M. Hunt explores the relationship between social identity (race, class, gender etc), our perceptions of everyday reality and the O. J. Simpson double murder trial to ask: why was America so obsessed by this case? why were so many people invested in particular outcomes? And what are we to make of the apparent racial divide in attitudes about the case captured by the opinion polls? O. J. Facts and Fictions tackles these questions and considers the implications for race relations in the United States at the dawn of the new millenium.Darnell M. Hunt explores the relationship between social identity (race, class, gender, etc.), our perceptions of everyday reality and the O. J. Simpson double murder trial to ask: why was America so obsessed by this case? Why were so many people invested in particular outcomes? And what are we to make of the apparent racial divide in attitudes about the case captured by the opinion polls? O. J. Facts and Fictions tackles these questions and considers the implications for race relations in the United States at the dawn of the new millennium.Introduction: knowing O.J.; Part I. Theory: 1. O. J. and ritual; 2. O. J. and politics; Part II. News Construction: 3. Press rites and O. J. wrongs: behind the scenes at 'camp O. J.'; 4. Celebrating the process: O. J. and KTLA-TV; 5. (Re)affirming official soulƒp