Critical Race Narratives : a Study of Race, Rhetoric and Injury.
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...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2001
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| Series: | Critical America.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of 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.
