Literary Journalism and Social Justice

Chapter 1 -  Introduction (Robert Alexander & Willa McDonald).- 1 - Historical Beginnings: Literary Journalism, Witnessing and Epistemic Justice.- Chapter 2 - The Reporter as Medium: The Theorization of Self-reflection as a Function in Social Reportage (Pascal Sigg, PhD student at University of Zurich).- Chapter 3 - Literary Journalism and Social Justice in the US Antebellum Period (Nancy Roberts, Professor at University at Albany-SUNY).- 2 - Literary Journalist as Social Justice Activist.- Chapter 4 - Down But Not Out: Orwell's 'Spike' and Journalism as a Way of Living (Richard Keeble, Professor at University of Lincoln).- Chapter 5 - Rodolfo Walsh: The Quest for Social Justice Beyond Law(lessness) (Pablo Calvi, Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University School of Journalism).- Chapter 6 - "The Personal Bleeds into the Political": The Literary Journalism of India's Dalit Protest Movement (David O. Dowling, Associate Professor at University of Iowa).- 3 - Migration, Displacement and Carceral Justice.- Chapter 7 - Literary Journalism as a Vehicle for Mobility Justice: The Case of Every Day We Live is the Future (2017) (Rob Alexander).- Chapter 8 - The Global Language of Contemporary Literary Journalism: Transatlantic Views of Social (In)Justice in the Works of Gabriel Thompson and Rui Simões (Isabel Soares, Associate Professor; Rita Amorim, Assistant Professor; Raquel Baltazar, Assistant Professor, all Universidade de Lisboa).- Chapter 9 - Social Justice and Literary Journalism in Behrouz Boochani's No Friend but the Mountains (Willa McDonald).- Chapter 10 - The Literary Journalism of the Prison Press (Kate McQueen, University of California Santa Cruz).- 4 - Race, Gender and the Witnessing of Trauma: Testimonial and Deliberative Justice.- Chapter 11 - Matter of Access: The Role of Black Journalists in Covering Emmett Till (Roberta S. Maguire, Professor at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh).- Chapter 12 - Phronetic Journalism: Ethics Empathy and Change in

Robert Alexander is Associate Professor of English at Brock University, Canada. He is the co-editor of Fear and Loathing Worldwide: Gonzo Journalism Beyond Hunter S. Thompson (2018).

Willa McDonald is Senior Lecturer in Media at Macquarie University, Australia, where she teaches and researches narrative journalism. Her books include Warrior for Peace: Dorothy Auchterlonie Green (2009) and the co-edited The Writer's Reader (2007).