In the shadow of the gallows : race, crime, and American civic identity /

"From Puritan Execution Day rituals to gangsta rap, the black criminal has been an enduring presence in American culture. To understand why, Jeannine Marie DeLombard insists, we must set aside the lenses of pathology and persecution and instead view the African American felon from the far more...

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Main Author: DeLombard, Jeannine Marie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Haney Foundation series.
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