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The Resource Kitty Genovese : the murder, the bystanders, the crime that changed America, Kevin Cook

Kitty Genovese : the murder, the bystanders, the crime that changed America, Kevin Cook

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"At last, the true story of a crime that shocked the world. New York City, 1964. A young woman is stabbed to death on her front stoop--a murder the New York Times called "a frozen moment of dramatic, disturbing social change." The victim, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, became an urban martyr, butchered by a sociopathic killer in plain sight of 38 neighbors who "didn't want to get involved." Her sensational case provoked an anxious outcry and launched a sociological theory known as the "Bystander Effect." That's the narrative--but as author Kevin Cook reveals, the story is just that, a story. The truth is far more compelling--and so is the victim. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of her murder, Cook presents the real Kitty Genovese. She was a vibrant young woman--a lesbian, a bartender working (and dancing) her way through the colorful New York of the '60s. Downtown, Greenwich Village teemed with beatniks and so-called misfits like Kitty and her lover. The book evokes the Village's gay and lesbian underground with deep feeling and colorful detail. Cook also reconstructs the crime itself, tracing the movements of Genovese's killer, whose disturbing trial testimony made him a terrifying figure, especially after his escape from Attica State Prison. Drawing on a trove of long-lost documents, plus new interviews with her lover and other key figures, Cook explores the enduring legacy of the case"--Provided by publisher
Language
eng
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • More than a name
  • Opposites
  • Garden suburb
  • Tigers and ants
  • Village people
  • She loves you
  • Ozone Park
  • The 11th hour
  • Night of the hunt
  • Postmortem
  • Neighbors
  • Confessions
  • Pleas
  • Questions for the devil
  • Consequences
  • Calling for help
  • Jailbreak
  • Memory and myth
  • Case studies
  • Revisions
  • Thirty-three minutes
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9780393239287
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Kitty Genovese : the murder, the bystanders, the crime that changed America
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Kitty Genovese
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the murder, the bystanders, the crime that changed America
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Kevin Cook
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"At last, the true story of a crime that shocked the world. New York City, 1964. A young woman is stabbed to death on her front stoop--a murder the New York Times called "a frozen moment of dramatic, disturbing social change." The victim, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, became an urban martyr, butchered by a sociopathic killer in plain sight of 38 neighbors who "didn't want to get involved." Her sensational case provoked an anxious outcry and launched a sociological theory known as the "Bystander Effect." That's the narrative--but as author Kevin Cook reveals, the story is just that, a story. The truth is far more compelling--and so is the victim. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of her murder, Cook presents the real Kitty Genovese. She was a vibrant young woman--a lesbian, a bartender working (and dancing) her way through the colorful New York of the '60s. Downtown, Greenwich Village teemed with beatniks and so-called misfits like Kitty and her lover. The book evokes the Village's gay and lesbian underground with deep feeling and colorful detail. Cook also reconstructs the crime itself, tracing the movements of Genovese's killer, whose disturbing trial testimony made him a terrifying figure, especially after his escape from Attica State Prison. Drawing on a trove of long-lost documents, plus new interviews with her lover and other key figures, Cook explores the enduring legacy of the case"--Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
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DLC
Dewey number
364.152/3092
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
HV6534.N5
LC item number
C67 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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Kitty Genovese : the murder, the bystanders, the crime that changed America, Kevin Cook
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Kitty Genovese : the murder, the bystanders, the crime that changed America, Kevin Cook
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-228) and index
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volume
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Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
More than a name -- Opposites -- Garden suburb -- Tigers and ants -- Village people -- She loves you -- Ozone Park -- The 11th hour -- Night of the hunt -- Postmortem -- Neighbors -- Confessions -- Pleas -- Questions for the devil -- Consequences -- Calling for help -- Jailbreak -- Memory and myth -- Case studies -- Revisions -- Thirty-three minutes
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24 cm.
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Edition
First edition.
Extent
242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780393239287
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2013041176
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unmediated
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rdamedia.
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
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(OCoLC)862066428

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