Crime and racial constructions cultural misinformation about African Americans in media and academia / Jeanette Covington.
| Author/creator | Covington, Jeanette, 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, |
| Description | 1 online resource (vii, 335 p.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : crime and racial constructions -- Images of black male criminality in media and the social sciences. Black images in the post-civil rights era -- Hollywood and black protest : the rise of ghetto action movies -- Black violence, white violence : cinematic images of the urban underclass -- Making race matter : how criminologists look at African Americans and violence -- Americanizing black violence : making criminology race-free -- Cinematic and academic images of black female criminals and victims. Black women on the silver screen -- Black women, violence and masculinization -- Comforting fictions: black women, Hollywood and color-blind racism. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Crime and racial constructions Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010. 9780739125915 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021678556 |
| ISBN | 9780739145210 ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |