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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Autor principal: Covington, Jeanette (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. [u.a.] Lexington Books 2010
En:Año: 2010
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Sumario: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
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:VII, 335 S.
ISBN:9780739125915