Hoodlums - Black Villains and Social Bandits in American Life

Informationen zum Autor William L. Van Deburg is the Evjue-Bascom Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His previous books include New Day in Babylon: The Black Power Movement and American Culture! 1965-1975 and Black Camelot: African-American Culture Heroes in Their Times! 1960-1980! both published by the University of Chicago Press. Klappentext Ranging from black slaveholders and frontier outlaws to serial killers and gangsta rappers! this title examines the pivotal role of black villains in American society and popular culture. It offers the extensive treatment to date of the black badman and the challenges that this figure has posed for race relations in America. "[The book] asks black communities to be critical of representational strategies that have long been held as a means of survival. . . . In the end, the black villain becomes a type that hinders equitable race relations and black communal interests."--Habiba Ibrahim "American Literature " Zusammenfassung Ranging from black slaveholders and frontier outlaws to serial killers and gangsta rappers! this title examines the pivotal role of black villains in American society and popular culture. It offers the extensive treatment to date of the black badman and the challenges that this figure has posed for race relations in America.

Product details

• Authors: William L. van Deburg, William L. Van Deburg, Van Deburg William L.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2013
• EAN: 9780226104638
• ISBN: 978-0-226-10463-8
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, United States of America, USA, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General