Crime and racial constructions cultural misinformation about African Americans in media and academia / Jeanette Covington.

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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Crime and racial constructions Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010. 9780739125915 (cloth : alk. paper)
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