Under a Bad Sign : Criminal Self-Representation in African American Popular Culture
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0226550354
ISBN-13
9780226550350
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 15th, 2011
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
482 grams
Dimensions
2.40 x 1.60 x 0.20 cms
Product Classification:
Popular cultureBlack & Asian studies
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What accounts for the persistence of the figure of the black criminal in popular culture created by African Americans? This title explores the rationale behind this tradition of criminal self-representation from the Harlem Renaissance to the gangsta culture. It traces the legacy of badness in Rudolph Fisher and Chester Himes' detective fiction.
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