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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
NYU Press
2001, 2001
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| Series: | Critical America Series
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 strife in the United States as a highly-charged struggle over different methods of reading and writing. Focusing in particular on the practice and theorization of narrative strategies, Gutiérrez-Jones engages many of the most influential texts in the recent race debates including The Bell Curve, Am |
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| Physical Description: | 224 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780814733332 0814733336 |