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Autore |
Covington Jeanette <1949-> |
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Titolo |
Crime and racial constructions [[electronic resource] ] : cultural misinformation about African Americans in media and academia / / Jeanette Covington |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-49593-3 |
9786612495939 |
0-7391-4521-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans in motion pictures |
African American women in motion pictures |
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures |
Violence in motion pictures |
Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States |
Racism in popular culture - United States |
Crime and race - United States |
United States Race relations |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Crime and Racial Constructions; Contents; Introduction; Section I: IMAGES OF BLACK MALE CRIMINALITY IN MEDIA AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chapter One: Black Images in the Post-Civil Rights Era; Chapter Two: Hollywood and Black Protest; Chapter Three: Black Violence, White Violence; Chapter Four: Making Race Matter; Chapter Five: Americanizing Black Violence; Section II: CINEMATIC AND ACADEMIC IMAGES OF BLACK FEMALE CRIMINALS AND VICTIMS; Chapter Six: Black Women on the Silver Screen; Chapter Seven: Black Women, Violence and Masculinization; Chapter Eight: Comforting Fictions; Bibliography; Index |
About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Crime and Racial Constructions: Cultural Misinformation about African |
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