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Crime and racial constructions: cultural misinformation about African Americans in media and academia

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Crime and Racial Constructions Part 2 Section I: Images of Black Male Criminality in Media and the Social Sciences Chapter 3 Chapter 1 - Black Images in the Post-Civil Rights Era Chapter 4 Chapter 2 - Hollywood and Black Protest: The Rise of Ghetto Action Movies Chapter 5 Chapter 3 - Black Violence, White Violence: Cinematic Images of the Urban Underclass Chapter 6 Chapter 4 - Making Race Matter: How Criminologists Look at African-Americans and Violence Chapter 7 Chapter 5 - Americanizing Black Violence: Making Criminology Race-Free Part 8 Section II: Cinematic and Academic Images of Black Female Criminals and Victims Chapter 9 Chapter 6 - Black Women on the Silver Screen Chapter 10 Chapter 7 - Black Women, Violence and Masculinization Chapter 11 Chapter 8 - Comforting Fictions: Black Women, Hollywood and Color-Blind Racism

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Crime and Racial Constructions Part 2 Section I: Images of Black Male Criminality in Media and the Social Sciences Chapter 3 Chapter 1 - Black Images in the Post-Civil Rights Era Chapter 4 Chapter 2 - Hollywood and Black Protest: The Rise of Ghetto Action Movies Chapter 5 Chapter 3 - Black Violence, White Violence: Cinematic Images of the Urban Underclass Chapter 6 Chapter 4 - Making Race Matter: How Criminologists Look at African-Americans and Violence Chapter 7 Chapter 5 - Americanizing Black Violence: Making Criminology Race-Free Part 8 Section II: Cinematic and Academic Images of Black Female Criminals and Victims Chapter 9 Chapter 6 - Black Women on the Silver Screen Chapter 10 Chapter 7 - Black Women, Violence and Masculinization Chapter 11 Chapter 8 - Comforting Fictions: Black Women, Hollywood and Color-Blind Racism

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Crime and Racial Constructions Part 2 Section I: Images of Black Male Criminality in Media and the Social Sciences Chapter 3 Chapter 1 - Black Images in the Post-Civil Rights Era Chapter 4 Chapter 2 - Hollywood and Black Protest: The Rise of Ghetto Action Movies Chapter 5 Chapter 3 - Black Violence, White Violence: Cinematic Images of the Urban Underclass Chapter 6 Chapter 4 - Making Race Matter: How Criminologists Look at African-Americans and Violence Chapter 7 Chapter 5 - Americanizing Black Violence: Making Criminology Race-Free Part 8 Section II: Cinematic and Academic Images of Black Female Criminals and Victims Chapter 9 Chapter 6 - Black Women on the Silver Screen Chapter 10 Chapter 7 - Black Women, Violence and Masculinization Chapter 11 Chapter 8 - Comforting Fictions: Black Women, Hollywood and Color-Blind Racism

Key concepts: Misinformation, Criminology, Sociology, Race (biology), Media studies, Political science, Gender studies, Law

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