Under a bad sign :: criminal self-representation in African American popular culture /

What accounts for the persistence of the figure of the black criminal in popular culture created by African Americans? Unearthing the overlooked history of art that has often seemed at odds with the politics of civil rights and racial advancement, Under a Bad Sign explores the rationale behind this...

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1. Verfasser: Munby, Jonathan
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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Zusammenfassung:What accounts for the persistence of the figure of the black criminal in popular culture created by African Americans? Unearthing the overlooked history of art that has often seemed at odds with the politics of civil rights and racial advancement, Under a Bad Sign explores the rationale behind this tradition of criminal self-representation from the Harlem Renaissance to contemporary gangsta culture. In this lively exploration, Jonathan Munby takes a uniquely broad view, laying bare the way the criminal appears within and moves among literary, musical, and visual arts.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 216 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226550374
0226550370
9780226550350
0226550354
9780226550367
0226550362
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9781283362719
9786613362711
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