A murder over a girl, justice, gender, junior high, Ken Corbett
Type
Label
A murder over a girl, justice, gender, junior high, Ken Corbett
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A murder over a girl
Oclc number
908628779
Responsibility statement
Ken Corbett
Sub title
justice, gender, junior high
Summary
"A psychologist's gripping, troubling, and moving exploration of the brutal murder of a possibly transgender middle school student by an eighth grade classmate. On Feb. 12, 2008, at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, CA, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney shot and killed his classmate, Larry King, who had recently begun to call himself "Leticia" and wear makeup and jewelry to school. Profoundly shaken by the news, and unsettled by media coverage that sidestepped the issues of gender identity and of race integral to the case, psychologist Ken Corbett traveled to LA to attend the trial. As visions of victim and perpetrator were woven and unwoven in the theater of the courtroom, a haunting picture emerged not only of the two young teenagers, but also of spectators altered by an atrocity and of a community that had unwittingly gestated a murder. Drawing on firsthand observations, extensive interviews and research, as well as on his decades of academic work on gender and sexuality, Corbett holds each murky facet of this case up to the light, exploring the fault lines of memory and the lacunae of uncertainty behind facts. Deeply compassionate, and brimming with wit and acute insight, A Murder Over a Girl is a riveting and stranger-than-fiction drama of the human psyche"--, Provided by publisher"On Feb. 12, 2008, at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, CA, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney shot and killed his classmate, Larry King, who had recently begun to call himself "Leticia" and wear makeup and jewelry to school. Profoundly shaken by the news, and unsettled by media coverage that sidestepped the issues of gender identity and of race integral to the case, psychologist Ken Corbett traveled to LA to attend the trial. As visions of victim and perpetrator were woven and unwoven in the theater of the courtroom, a haunting picture emerged not only of the two young teenagers, but also of spectators altered by an atrocity and of a community that had unwittingly gestated a murder. Drawing on firsthand observations, extensive interviews and research, as well as on his decades of academic work on gender and sexuality, Corbett holds each murky facet of this case up to the light, exploring the fault lines of memory and the lacunae of uncertainty behind facts. Deeply compassionate, and brimming with wit and acute insight, A Murder Over a Girl is a riveting and stranger-than-fiction drama of the human psyche"--, Provided by publisher
Creator
Subject
- Jeunes transsexuels -- Californie -- Oxnard -- Études de cas
- Meurtre -- Californie -- Oxnard -- Études de cas
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender StudieŝPSYCHOLOGY / Social PsychologyŜOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
- Transsexual youth -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- True crime stories
- Élèves du secondaire -- Californie -- Oxnard -- Études de cas
- Jeunes transgenres -- Californie -- Oxnard -- Études de cas
- Murder -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- High school students -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- Meurtre multiple dans les écoles -- Californie -- Oxnard -- Études de cas
- School shootings -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- Transsexual students -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- Transgender youth -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- McInerney, Brandon David
- Récits criminels
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- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject15
- Jeunes transsexuels -- Californie -- Oxnard -- Études de cas
- Meurtre -- Californie -- Oxnard -- Études de cas
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender StudieŝPSYCHOLOGY / Social PsychologyŜOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
- Transsexual youth -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- True crime stories
- Élèves du secondaire -- Californie -- Oxnard -- Études de cas
- Jeunes transgenres -- Californie -- Oxnard -- Études de cas
- Murder -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- High school students -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- Meurtre multiple dans les écoles -- Californie -- Oxnard -- Études de cas
- School shootings -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- Transsexual students -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- Transgender youth -- California -- Oxnard -- Case studies
- McInerney, Brandon David
- Récits criminels
- Content1
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