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

Recollections and Reflections on Chicago

By Margaret Schwartz

[Ed. note: this post is part of a roundtable discussion, Policing and the Media: The View from Chicago. For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, see here.]

I went to …

no. 2, Roundtables, vol. 1March 13, 2016

A Private Grief Made Public

By Margaret Schwartz

[Ed. note: this post is part of a roundtable discussion, Policing and the Media: The View from Chicago. For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, see here.]

I think what’s …