Crime and racial constructions: cultural misinformation about African Americans in media and academia
Introduction : crime and racial constructions -- Images of black male criminality in media and the social sciences. Black images in the post-civil rights era -- Hollywood and black protest : the rise of ghetto action movies -- Black violence, white violence : cinematic images of the urban underclass...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. [u.a.]
Lexington Books
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
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| Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 4828 |
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| Summary: | Introduction : crime and racial constructions -- Images of black male criminality in media and the social sciences. Black images in the post-civil rights era -- Hollywood and black protest : the rise of ghetto action movies -- Black violence, white violence : cinematic images of the urban underclass -- Making race matter : how criminologists look at African Americans and violence -- Americanizing black violence : making criminology race-free -- Cinematic and academic images of black female criminals and victims. Black women on the silver screen -- Black women, violence and masculinization -- Comforting fictions: black women, Hollywood and color-blind racism |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | VII, 335 S. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7391-2591-5 |
