Colored amazons: crime, violence, and black women in the City of Brotherly Love, 1880-1910
Notes from the author : crime and Black women's history -- Of law and virtue : Black women in slavery, freedom, and early criminal justice -- Service savors of slavery : labor, autonomy, and turn-of-the-century urban crime -- Tricking the tricks : violence and vice among Black female criminals...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Durham [N.C.] [u.a.]
Duke Univ. Press
2006
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| En: | Año: 2006 |
| Acceso en línea: |
Book review (H-Net) Table of contents |
| Disponibilidad en Tübingen: | Disponible en Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 2510 |
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| Sumario: | Notes from the author : crime and Black women's history -- Of law and virtue : Black women in slavery, freedom, and early criminal justice -- Service savors of slavery : labor, autonomy, and turn-of-the-century urban crime -- Tricking the tricks : violence and vice among Black female criminals -- Roughneck women, pale representations, and dark crimes : Black female criminals and popular culture -- Deviant by design : race, degeneracy, and the science of penology -- Conclusion: "She was born in this prison" : Black female crime, past and present |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-249) and index "A John Hope Franklin Center book"--P. [i] |
| Descripción Física: | XII, 260 S. Ill., Tab. 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0822337614 0822337991 |