Miami and the Siege of Chicago

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"Miami and the Siege of Chicago" is Norman Mailer’s book-length work of New Journalism that chronicles and critiques the 1968 Republican and Democratic national conventions and the turbulent political climate surrounding them.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf journalism book
nonfiction book
political reportage
author Norman Mailer
countryOfOrigin United States
critiques American political establishment
party convention system
state violence against protesters
depicts anti–Vietnam War protests
police riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
focusesOn media coverage of politics
police–protester clashes
political conventions
genre New Journalism
hasInfluenced literary nonfiction about elections
political journalism
hasPart account of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
account of the Republican National Convention in Miami
historicalContext 1968 United States presidential election
language English
literaryCategory political non-fiction
literaryForm book-length essay
literaryMovement New Journalism
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor blending reportage and personal reflection
critical view of 1968 U.S. politics
subjective, novelistic style
originalLanguage English
partOf Norman Mailer bibliography
publicationYear 1968
publisher World Publishing Company
setting Chicago, Illinois
Miami Beach, Florida
subject 1960s counterculture
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Republican National Convention
American politics
Vietnam War era
protest movements
timePeriod 1968
tone critical
ironic
subjective
writtenBy Norman Mailer

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Norman Mailer
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