Margaret Schwartz

Margaret Schwartz is associate professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. Her book _Dead Matter: The Meaning of Iconic Corpses_ (University of Minnesota Press, 2015) illustrates how structural inequalities like racism and sexism figure in the work of mourning. A post on the Press's blog relating the book's argument to the Laquan McDonald shooting is here. Her work is also available at Communication +1 and Genders.

no. 2, Roundtables, vol. 1March 25, 2016<January 13, 2021

Recollections and Reflections on Chicago

Margaret Schwartz

Beginning with a series of personal recollections, the author reflects upon the politics of racial identity and the militarization of urban space.

no. 2, Roundtables, vol. 1March 13, 2016<January 17, 2017

A Private Grief Made Public

Margaret Schwartz

In this post in our Policing and the Media roundtable, Margaret Schwartz considers how spectacular police violence imperils the right to grieve in private.