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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 216 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226550374 0226550370 9780226550350 0226550354 9780226550367 0226550362 1283362716 9781283362719 9786613362711 6613362719 |