Representing Black Male Innocence

This Article is a case study of a California capital case. Drawing on cultural studies, the first part develops the social construction of Black male gang member, especially as that identity is understood within white imaginations. The powerful and frightening idea of a Black man who is a gang membe...

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Autor principal: Howarth, Joan W. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1997
En:Año: 1997
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