03674nam 2200829Ia 450 991095495790332120241107101905.0979-82-16-20504-31-282-49593-397866124959390-7391-4521-5(CKB)2670000000014047(EBL)500798(OCoLC)659561852(SSID)ssj0000777109(PQKBManifestationID)12267239(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777109(PQKBWorkID)10748321(PQKB)10075154(SSID)ssj0000358491(PQKBManifestationID)12102569(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358491(PQKBWorkID)10360063(PQKB)11739196(Au-PeEL)EBL500798(CaPaEBR)ebr10386387(CaONFJC)MIL249593(ODN)ODN0000335077(MiAaPQ)EBC500798(EXLCZ)99267000000001404720091222d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCrime and racial constructions cultural misinformation about African Americans in media and academia /Jeanette Covington1st ed.Lanham, MD Lexington Books20101 online resource (345 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-2592-3 0-7391-2591-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexAbout the AuthorCrime and Racial Constructions: Cultural Misinformation about African Americans in Media and Academia critically examines how the film industry and criminologists have constructed African Americans in their effort to explain observed race differences in crime. Of particular concern is how the images they paint of violent, out-of-control blacks result in hardline criminal justice policies.African Americans in motion picturesAfrican American women in motion picturesStereotypes (Social psychology) in motion picturesViolence in motion picturesMotion picturesSocial aspectsUnited StatesRacism in popular cultureUnited StatesCrime and raceUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsAfrican Americans in motion pictures.African American women in motion pictures.Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.Violence in motion pictures.Motion picturesSocial aspectsRacism in popular cultureCrime and race791.43089/96073SOC000000bisacshCovington Jeanette1949-1819444MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954957903321Crime and racial constructions4379747UNINA