| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction : "Justice unveiled" / Lovalerie King and Richard Schur -- Reading back, reading black, and Buck v. Bell / I. Bennett Capers -- W.E.B. Du Bois and the right to privacy / Karla F.C. Holloway -- Martin R. Delany and rhetorics of divided sovereignty / Rochelle Raineri Zuck -- On Black freedmen in Indian country / Matthew L.M. Fletcher -- It falls to you : Rawls, Bartleby, and the ethics of affirmative action in Charles Johnson's "executive decision" / William Gleason -- Lucy Terry : a life of radical resistance / Sharon M. Harris -- The fire next time and the law / D. Quentin Miller -- "Fists and the voices of sorrowful women" : race, gender, violence, and the reconstruction of the work in Toni Morrison's Jazz / Charlton Copeland -- When testimony fails : laws and the comforts of intimacy in Gayl Jones's Corregidora / Rebecca Wanzo -- Papa's got a brand new bag : James Brown, innovation, and copyright law / K.J. Greene -- Legal fictions : trademark discourse and race / Richard Schur -- The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the overdevelopment of gangsta rap / Akilah N. Folami |
| Summary |
This work examines African Americans' experiences under the law and how that in turn has fostered a rich tradition of legal criticism in African American culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life.
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African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
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Law -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
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Law and literature -- United States -- History
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Literature and society -- United States -- History
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American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
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Literature: history & criticism.
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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LAW -- Public.
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Literature.
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African Americans -- Intellectual life
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African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Law and literature
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Law -- Social aspects
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Literature and society
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Race discrimination -- Law and legislation
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Schwarze
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Rechtsstellung
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Rassendiskriminierung
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Literatur
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Schriftsteller
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United States
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USA
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Schwärze
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
King, Lovalerie.
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Schur, Richard L.
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| ISBN |
9780230101722 |
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0230101720 |
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9780230619883 |
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0230619886 |
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