LEADER 03674nam 2200829Ia 450 001 9910954957903321 005 20241107101905.0 010 $a979-82-16-20504-3 010 $a1-282-49593-3 010 $a9786612495939 010 $a0-7391-4521-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000014047 035 $a(EBL)500798 035 $a(OCoLC)659561852 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777109 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12267239 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777109 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10748321 035 $a(PQKB)10075154 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000358491 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12102569 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358491 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10360063 035 $a(PQKB)11739196 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL500798 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10386387 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL249593 035 $a(ODN)ODN0000335077 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC500798 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000014047 100 $a20091222d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCrime and racial constructions $ecultural misinformation about African Americans in media and academia /$fJeanette Covington 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLanham, MD $cLexington Books$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-7391-2592-3 311 08$a0-7391-2591-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCrime 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 327 $aAbout the Author 330 $aCrime 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. 606 $aAfrican Americans in motion pictures 606 $aAfrican American women in motion pictures 606 $aStereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures 606 $aViolence in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aRacism in popular culture$zUnited States 606 $aCrime and race$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 615 0$aAfrican Americans in motion pictures. 615 0$aAfrican American women in motion pictures. 615 0$aStereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures. 615 0$aViolence in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xSocial aspects 615 0$aRacism in popular culture 615 0$aCrime and race 676 $a791.43089/96073 686 $aSOC000000$2bisacsh 700 $aCovington$b Jeanette$f1949-$01819444 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954957903321 996 $aCrime and racial constructions$94379747 997 $aUNINA