Covering the Body

Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Narrative, Collective Memory, and Journalistic Authority
Part One: Contextualizing Assassination Tales
2. Before the Assassination
3. Rhetorical Legitimation and Journalistic Authority
Part Two: Telling Assassination Tales
4. "Covering the Body" by Telling the Assassination
5. "Covering the Body" by Mediated Assessment
6. "Covering the Body" by Professional Forum
Part Three: Promoting Assassination Tales
7. De-authorizing Official Memory: From 1964 to the Seventies
8. Negotiating Memory: From 1980 to the Nineties
Part Four: Recollecting Assassination Tales
9. The Authority of the Individual: Recollecting through Celebrity
10. The Authority of the Organization and Institution: Recollecting Through Professional Lore
11. The Authority of the Profession: Recollecting through History
12. Conclusion: On the Establishment of Journalistic Authority
Epilogue: Beyond Journalistic Authority to the Shaping of Collective Memory
Notes
Bibliography
Index