Uncontrollable Blackness: African American men and criminality in Jim Crow New York
"In the wake of emancipation, black men in northern urban centers like New York faced economic isolation, marginalization, and racial violence. In response, some of those men opted to participate in underground economies, to protect themselves when law enforcement failed to do so, and to exert...
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Zusammenfassung: | "In the wake of emancipation, black men in northern urban centers like New York faced economic isolation, marginalization, and racial violence. In response, some of those men opted to participate in underground economies, to protect themselves when law enforcement failed to do so, and to exert control over public space through force. Douglas J. Flowe traces how public racial violence, segregation in housing and leisure, and criminal stigmatization in popular culture and media fostered a sense of distress, isolation, and nihilism that made crime and violence seem like viable recourses in the face of white supremacy. He examines self-defense against state violence, crimes committed within black social spaces and intimate relationships, and the contest of white and black masculinity"-- |
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adam_text | AFRICAN
AMERICAN
STUDIES
*
F
L
OWE
HAS
WRITTEN
AN
INNOVATIVE,
PROVOCATIVE,
AND
IMPORTANT
STUDY
OF
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
LIFE
THAT
RECONFIGURES
THE
WAY
WE
THINK
ABOUT
AND
UNDERSTAND
BLACK
MASCULINITY,
CRIME,
AND
THE
CARCERAL
STATE
IN
THE
EARLY
TWENTIETH
CENTURY.
*
*
CHERYL
D.
HICKS,
AUTHOR
OF
TALK
WITH
YOU
LIKE
A
WOMAN:
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
WOMEN,
JUSTICE,
AND
REFORM
IN
NEW
YORK,
1890
-1935
*
AN
INCISIVE
BLEND
OF
TENDERNESS
AND
CANDOR,
UNCONTROLLABLE
BLACKNESS
CHARTS
BLACK
MEN
S
CRIMES
AND
EXPLOITS
IN
LATE
NINETEENTH-CENTURY
NEW
YORK
CITY.
USING
COURT
RECORDS,
PRISON
FILES,
AND
AN
ARRAY
OF
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTS,
DOUGLAS
J.
FIOWE
FORWARDS
AN
EVOCATIVE
STUDY
OF
RACE,
MASCULINITY,
AND
VIOLENCE
THAT
IS
CRITICAL
TO
ADDRESSING
THE
LEGACY
OF
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
MEN
ENTANGLED
IN
THE
U.S.
LEGAL
SYSTEM.
*
*
KALI
NICOLE
GROSS,
RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY
*
THIS
IMPRESSIVE,
WELL-WRITTEN
BOOK
BRINGS
A
FRESH
PERSPECTIVE
TO
THE
HISTORY
OF
WORKING-CLASS
BLACK
MEN,
PROVIDING
INTRIGUING
NARRATIVES
OF
PERSONAL
AND
COLLECTIVE
PROJECTS
OF
SURVIVAL
IN
THE
FACE
OF
UNEMPLOYMENT,
RACIAL
VIOLENCE,
RESIDENTIAL
DISCRIMINATION,
AND
OTHER
CHALLENGES
ASSOCI
ATED
WITH
URBAN
MIGRATION.
*
*
LASHAWN
D.
HARRIS,
MICHIGAN
STATE
UNIVERSITY
EARLY
TWENTIETH-CENTURY
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
MEN
IN
NORTHERN
URBAN
CENTERS
LIKE
NEW
YORK
FACED
ECONOMIC
ISOLATION,
SEGREGATION,
A
BIASED
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
SYSTEM,
AND
OVERT
RACIAL
ATTACKS
BY
PO
LICE
AND
CITIZENS.
IN
THIS
BOOK,
DOUGLAS
J.
F
L
OWE
INTERROGATES
THE
MEANING
OF
CRIME
AND
VIOLENCE
IN
THE
LIVES
OF
THESE
MEN,
WHOSE
LAWFUL
CONDUCT
ITSELF
WAS
OFTEN
SURVEILLED
AND
CRIMINALIZED,
BY
FOCUSING
ON
WHAT
THEIR
ACTIONS
AND
BEHAVIORS
REPRESENTED
TO
THEM.
HE
NARRATES
THE
STORIES
OF
MEN
WHO
SOUGHT
PROFITS
IN
UNDERGROUND
MARKETS,
PROTECTED
THEMSELVES
WHEN
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
FAILED
TO
DO
SO,
AND
EXERTED
CONTROL
OVER
PUBLIC,
COMMERCIAL,
AND
DOMESTIC
SPACES
THROUGH
FORCE
IN
A
CITY
THAT
DENIED
THEIR
CLAIMS
TO
CITIZENSHIP
AND
MANHOOD.
F
L
OWE
FURTHERMORE
TRACES
HOW
THE
FEA
TURES
OF
URBAN
JIM
CROW
AND
THE
EFFORTS
OF
CIVIC
AND
PROGRESSIVE
LEADERS
TO
RESTRICT
THEIR
AUTONOMY
ULTIMATELY
PRODUCED
THE
CIRCUMSTANCES
UNDER
WHICH
ILLEGALITY
BECAME
A
FORM
OF
RESISTANCE.
DRAWING
FROM
VOLUMINOUS
PRISON
AND
ARREST
RECORDS,
TRIAL
TRANSCRIPTS,
PERSONAL
LETTERS
AND
DOCUMENTS,
AND
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTS,
F
L
OWE
OPENS
UP
NEW
WAYS
OF
UNDERSTANDING
THE
BLACK
STRUGGLE
FOR
FREEDOM
IN
THE
TWENTIETH
CENTURY.
BY
UNCOVERING
THE
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
THE
FIGHT
FOR
CIVIL
RIGHTS, BLACK
CONSTRUCTIONS
OF
MASCULINITY,
AND
LAWLESSNESS,
HE
OFFERS
A
STIRRING
ACCOUNT
OF
HOW
WORKING-CLASS
BLACK
MEN
EMPLOYED
EXTRALEGAL
METHODS
TO
ADDRESS
RACIAL
INJUSTICE.
DOUGLAS
J.
F
L
OWE
IS
ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR
OF
HISTORY
AT
WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY
IN
ST.
LOUIS.
JUSTICE,
POWER,
AND
POLITICS
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS,
XI
INTRODUCTION,
1
THE
CRUCIBLE
OF
BLACK
CRIMINALITY
CHAPTER
1
NO
SUNSHINE
IN
THE
CITY,
26
CRIME,
CONTROL,
AND
THE
CAULDRON
OF
PUBLIC
SPACE
CHAPTER
2
SEX,
BLOOD,
GUNS,
AND
GAMBLING,
58
PLEASURE,
PROFIT,
AND
PERIL
IN
NEW
YORK
CITY S
BLACK
SALOONS
CHAPTER
3
WHITE
WOMEN
FORCED
TO
LIVE
IN
NEGRO
DIVES,
94
ROOSEVELT
SHARP S
ABDUCTION
TRIAL
AND
THE
CONTESTED
TERRAIN
OF
WHITE
WOMEN S
BODIES
CHAPTER
4
TO
LET
HER
KNOW
THAT
SHE
DID
ME
WRONG,
125
ILLEGALITY,
DOMESTIC
AUTHORITY,
AND
THE
POLITICS
OF
BLACK
INTIMACY
CHAPTER
5
B
EEN
HERE
LONG
ENOUGH,
155
PRISON,
PAROLE,
AND
THE
PURSUIT
OF
A
BETTER
LIFE
IN
BLACK
IMAGINATION
EPILOGUE,
187
REAL
NIGGAZ
DON T
DIE:
REVOLUTION
AND
CONTINUITY
NOTES,
197
BIBLIOGRAPHY,
275
INDEX,
297
|
adam_txt |
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
STUDIES
*
F
L
OWE
HAS
WRITTEN
AN
INNOVATIVE,
PROVOCATIVE,
AND
IMPORTANT
STUDY
OF
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
LIFE
THAT
RECONFIGURES
THE
WAY
WE
THINK
ABOUT
AND
UNDERSTAND
BLACK
MASCULINITY,
CRIME,
AND
THE
CARCERAL
STATE
IN
THE
EARLY
TWENTIETH
CENTURY.
*
*
CHERYL
D.
HICKS,
AUTHOR
OF
TALK
WITH
YOU
LIKE
A
WOMAN:
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
WOMEN,
JUSTICE,
AND
REFORM
IN
NEW
YORK,
1890
-1935
*
AN
INCISIVE
BLEND
OF
TENDERNESS
AND
CANDOR,
UNCONTROLLABLE
BLACKNESS
CHARTS
BLACK
MEN
'
S
CRIMES
AND
EXPLOITS
IN
LATE
NINETEENTH-CENTURY
NEW
YORK
CITY.
USING
COURT
RECORDS,
PRISON
FILES,
AND
AN
ARRAY
OF
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTS,
DOUGLAS
J.
FIOWE
FORWARDS
AN
EVOCATIVE
STUDY
OF
RACE,
MASCULINITY,
AND
VIOLENCE
THAT
IS
CRITICAL
TO
ADDRESSING
THE
LEGACY
OF
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
MEN
ENTANGLED
IN
THE
U.S.
LEGAL
SYSTEM.
*
*
KALI
NICOLE
GROSS,
RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY
*
THIS
IMPRESSIVE,
WELL-WRITTEN
BOOK
BRINGS
A
FRESH
PERSPECTIVE
TO
THE
HISTORY
OF
WORKING-CLASS
BLACK
MEN,
PROVIDING
INTRIGUING
NARRATIVES
OF
PERSONAL
AND
COLLECTIVE
PROJECTS
OF
SURVIVAL
IN
THE
FACE
OF
UNEMPLOYMENT,
RACIAL
VIOLENCE,
RESIDENTIAL
DISCRIMINATION,
AND
OTHER
CHALLENGES
ASSOCI
ATED
WITH
URBAN
MIGRATION.
*
*
LASHAWN
D.
HARRIS,
MICHIGAN
STATE
UNIVERSITY
EARLY
TWENTIETH-CENTURY
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
MEN
IN
NORTHERN
URBAN
CENTERS
LIKE
NEW
YORK
FACED
ECONOMIC
ISOLATION,
SEGREGATION,
A
BIASED
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
SYSTEM,
AND
OVERT
RACIAL
ATTACKS
BY
PO
LICE
AND
CITIZENS.
IN
THIS
BOOK,
DOUGLAS
J.
F
L
OWE
INTERROGATES
THE
MEANING
OF
CRIME
AND
VIOLENCE
IN
THE
LIVES
OF
THESE
MEN,
WHOSE
LAWFUL
CONDUCT
ITSELF
WAS
OFTEN
SURVEILLED
AND
CRIMINALIZED,
BY
FOCUSING
ON
WHAT
THEIR
ACTIONS
AND
BEHAVIORS
REPRESENTED
TO
THEM.
HE
NARRATES
THE
STORIES
OF
MEN
WHO
SOUGHT
PROFITS
IN
UNDERGROUND
MARKETS,
PROTECTED
THEMSELVES
WHEN
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
FAILED
TO
DO
SO,
AND
EXERTED
CONTROL
OVER
PUBLIC,
COMMERCIAL,
AND
DOMESTIC
SPACES
THROUGH
FORCE
IN
A
CITY
THAT
DENIED
THEIR
CLAIMS
TO
CITIZENSHIP
AND
MANHOOD.
F
L
OWE
FURTHERMORE
TRACES
HOW
THE
FEA
TURES
OF
URBAN
JIM
CROW
AND
THE
EFFORTS
OF
CIVIC
AND
PROGRESSIVE
LEADERS
TO
RESTRICT
THEIR
AUTONOMY
ULTIMATELY
PRODUCED
THE
CIRCUMSTANCES
UNDER
WHICH
ILLEGALITY
BECAME
A
FORM
OF
RESISTANCE.
DRAWING
FROM
VOLUMINOUS
PRISON
AND
ARREST
RECORDS,
TRIAL
TRANSCRIPTS,
PERSONAL
LETTERS
AND
DOCUMENTS,
AND
INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTS,
F
L
OWE
OPENS
UP
NEW
WAYS
OF
UNDERSTANDING
THE
BLACK
STRUGGLE
FOR
FREEDOM
IN
THE
TWENTIETH
CENTURY.
BY
UNCOVERING
THE
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
THE
FIGHT
FOR
CIVIL
RIGHTS, BLACK
CONSTRUCTIONS
OF
MASCULINITY,
AND
LAWLESSNESS,
HE
OFFERS
A
STIRRING
ACCOUNT
OF
HOW
WORKING-CLASS
BLACK
MEN
EMPLOYED
EXTRALEGAL
METHODS
TO
ADDRESS
RACIAL
INJUSTICE.
DOUGLAS
J.
F
L
OWE
IS
ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR
OF
HISTORY
AT
WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY
IN
ST.
LOUIS.
JUSTICE,
POWER,
AND
POLITICS
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS,
XI
INTRODUCTION,
1
THE
CRUCIBLE
OF
BLACK
CRIMINALITY
CHAPTER
1
NO
SUNSHINE
IN
THE
CITY,
26
CRIME,
CONTROL,
AND
THE
CAULDRON
OF
PUBLIC
SPACE
CHAPTER
2
SEX,
BLOOD,
GUNS,
AND
GAMBLING,
58
PLEASURE,
PROFIT,
AND
PERIL
IN
NEW
YORK
CITY'S
BLACK
SALOONS
CHAPTER
3
WHITE
WOMEN
FORCED
TO
LIVE
IN
NEGRO
DIVES,
94
ROOSEVELT
SHARP'S
ABDUCTION
TRIAL
AND
THE
CONTESTED
TERRAIN
OF
WHITE
WOMEN'S
BODIES
CHAPTER
4
TO
LET
HER
KNOW
THAT
SHE
DID
ME
WRONG,
125
ILLEGALITY,
DOMESTIC
AUTHORITY,
AND
THE
POLITICS
OF
BLACK
INTIMACY
CHAPTER
5
B
EEN
HERE
LONG
ENOUGH,
155
PRISON,
PAROLE,
AND
THE
PURSUIT
OF
A
BETTER
LIFE
IN
BLACK
IMAGINATION
EPILOGUE,
187
REAL
NIGGAZ
DON'T
DIE:
REVOLUTION
AND
CONTINUITY
NOTES,
197
BIBLIOGRAPHY,
275
INDEX,
297 |
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contents | No sunshine in the city : crime, control, and the crucible of public space -- Sex, blood, guns, and gambling : pleasure, profit, and peril in New York City's black saloons -- White women forced to live in negro dives : Roosevelt Sharp's abduction trial and the contested terrain of white women's bodies -- To let her know she did me wrong : illegality, domestic authority, and the politics of black intimacy -- Been here long enough : prison, parole, and the pursuit of a better life in black imagination |
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spelling | Flowe, Douglas J. Verfasser (DE-588)1217281614 aut Uncontrollable Blackness African American men and criminality in Jim Crow New York Douglas J. Flowe Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2020] xvii, 312 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Justice, power, and politics Includes bibliographical references and index No sunshine in the city : crime, control, and the crucible of public space -- Sex, blood, guns, and gambling : pleasure, profit, and peril in New York City's black saloons -- White women forced to live in negro dives : Roosevelt Sharp's abduction trial and the contested terrain of white women's bodies -- To let her know she did me wrong : illegality, domestic authority, and the politics of black intimacy -- Been here long enough : prison, parole, and the pursuit of a better life in black imagination "In the wake of emancipation, black men in northern urban centers like New York faced economic isolation, marginalization, and racial violence. In response, some of those men opted to participate in underground economies, to protect themselves when law enforcement failed to do so, and to exert control over public space through force. Douglas J. Flowe traces how public racial violence, segregation in housing and leisure, and criminal stigmatization in popular culture and media fostered a sense of distress, isolation, and nihilism that made crime and violence seem like viable recourses in the face of white supremacy. He examines self-defense against state violence, crimes committed within black social spaces and intimate relationships, and the contest of white and black masculinity"-- African American men / New York (State) / New York / Social conditions / 19th century African American men / New York (State) / New York / Social conditions / 20th century Crime and race / New York (State) / New York / History Men / Identity Man-woman relationships / Social aspects African Americans / Segregation / New York (State) / New York New York (N.Y.) / Race relations / History SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies African American men / Social conditions African Americans / Segregation Crime and race Race relations New York (State) / New York 1800-1999 History Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-4696-5574-1 SWB Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032337321&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Klappentext SWB Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032337321&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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title | Uncontrollable Blackness African American men and criminality in Jim Crow New York |
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title_full_unstemmed | Uncontrollable Blackness African American men and criminality in Jim Crow New York Douglas J. Flowe |
title_short | Uncontrollable Blackness |
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title_sub | African American men and criminality in Jim Crow New York |
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