Burying Don Imus : anatomy of a scapegoat /

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"That's some nappy-headed hos." With these now-infamous words, uttered in 2007 to describe the supposed appearance of the Rutgers women's basketball team, the radio talk show host Don Imus became the improbable focus of a heated national discussion on race, gender, and the power...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Awkward, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Imus, Don.
Imus, Don
Radio broadcasters > United States.
Racism > United States.
Racisme > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Radio > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Race relations
Racism
Radio broadcasters
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Scapegoating Imus
  • "What evil look like"
  • Humor as hate speech
  • The tight-lipped refusal to laugh
  • Racial violence and collective trauma
  • In Al Sharpton's crosshairs
  • The appeal of Imus in the morning
  • "Nappy-headed hos" in context
  • The rough girls of Rutgers
  • Hard-core misogyny, the hip-hop lexicon
  • Role-play, nigger jokes, and the politics of hair
  • Instant experts and false accusers : the Duke lacrosse team controversy
  • Conclusion : Imus in the morning redux.

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