RT Book T1 Crime and racial constructions: cultural misinformation about African Americans in media and academia A1 Covington, Jeanette 1949- LA English PP Lanham, Md. u.a. PB Lexington Books YR 2010 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1607005328 AB 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 NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN PN1995.9.N4 SN 9780739125915 K1 African Americans in motion pictures K1 African American women in motion pictures K1 Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures K1 Violence in motion pictures K1 Motion Pictures : Social aspects : United States K1 United States : Race relations K1 Racism in popular culture : United States K1 Crime and race : United States K1 USA : Film : Schwarze : Motiv : Kriminologie : Geschichte 1970-2008