The Kennedy Assassination

As a seminal event in late twentieth-century American history, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has permeated the American consciousness in a wide variety of ways. His death has long fascinated American writers, filmmakers, and artists. The Kennedy Assassination offers an authoritative, critical exploration of the many ways the event has been constructed in a range of discourses.

The book looks at a variety of historical, political, and cultural attempts to understand Kennedy's death. Representations include journalism from the time; historical accounts and memoirs; official investigations, government reports, and sociological inquiries; numerous conspiracy theories; novels, plays, and other works of literature; the Zapruder footage; and photography, avant-garde art, and Hollywood films.

Author: Peter Knight
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 11/01/2007
Pages: 177
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.50w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9781934110324
ISBN10: 1934110329
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Social Science | Media Studies

About the Author
Peter Knight is senior lecturer in American studies at the University of Manchester. He is author of Conspiracy Culture: From Kennedy to "The X-Files" and editor of Conspiracy Nation: The Politics of Paranoia in Postwar America, Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia, and Fakes and Forgeries.