The Kennedy Assassination

About this book

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 Kennedys 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.