In the shadow of the gallows : race, crime, and American civic identity / Jeannine Marie DeLombard.

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 reveal...

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Main Author: DeLombard, Jeannine Marie.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2012]
Edition:First edition.
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Call Number: PS173.N4 D44 2012
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