Uncontrollable Blackness : African American Men and Criminality in Jim Crow New York /

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"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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Main Author: Flowe, Douglas J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race relations.
Men > Identity.
Crime and race.
African Americans > Segregation.
African American men > Social conditions.
HISTORY > African American.
Noirs americains > Segregation > New York (État) > New York.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > Aspect social.
Hommes > Identite.
Criminalite et race > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Hommes noirs americains > New York (État) > New York > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Hommes noirs americains > New York (État) > New York > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
African Americans > Segregation > New York (State) > New York.
Man-woman relationships > Social aspects.
Crime and race > New York (State) > New York > History.
African American men > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 20th century.
African American men > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions > 19th century.
New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Race relations > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--Publisher's description
Physical Description:1 online resource (332 pages): illustrations, portraits
ISBN:9781469655758

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