Keywords:
Hate speech
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Minorities Social conditions
;
Historiography
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Racism Historiography
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Racism
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Minorities Social conditions
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Discourse analysis, Narrative
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Racism-United States-Historiography
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Minorities-United States-Social conditions-Historiography
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Racism-United States
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Minorities-United States-Social conditions
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Hate speech-United States
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United States-Race relations
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United States-Race relations-Historiography
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Discourse analysis, Narrative
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Electronic books
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United States Race relations
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United States Race relations
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Historiography
Description / Table of Contents:
The beating of Rodney King, the killing of Amadou Diallo, and the LAPD Rampart Scandal: these events have been interpreted by the courts, the media and the public in dramatically conflicting ways. Critical Race Narratives examines what is at stake in these conflicts and, in so doing, rethinks racial strife in the United States as a highly-charged struggle over different methods of reading and writing. Focusing in particular on the practice and theorization of narrative strategies, Gutiérrez-Jones engages many of the most influential texts in the recent race debates including The Bell Curve, Am
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 214 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0814731457
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0814731449
Series Statement:
Critical America
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DDC:
305.8/00973
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; part one: Working through Racial Injury; 1. The Contours of the Contemporary Race Debate; 2. Color-Blindness, Acting Out, and Culture; part two: Narrative Interventions; 3. Critical Race Stories and the Problem of Remedy; 4. Historical Properties, Uncommon Grounds; 5. The Sociology of Racialized Crime; 6. Genetic Liabilities and the Paradox of Altruism; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
