Whispered consolations [electronic resource] : law and narrative in African American life / Jon-Christian Suggs

Author:: Suggs, Jon Christian, 1940-
Published:: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2000.
Physical Description:: xiii, 401 p. ; 24 cm.

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Law, meaning, and violence

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Contents:

In search of justice and jurisprudence -- Romance and resistance -- The romance of desire and identity -- Privacy, property, and self -- Law and the urbanization of narrative in "postproperty" African American life -- Lynchings and passing -- Resistance in Renascence -- At the end of histories.

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African Americans—Legal status, laws, etc
Race discrimination—Law and legislation—United States
Justice

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Electronic books

ISBN:

0472106511 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780472022823 ebook

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-390) and index.

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