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Burying Don Imus : anatomy of a scapegoat

Title
Burying Don Imus : anatomy of a scapegoat / Michael Awkward.
Author
Awkward, Michael
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.

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Description
xv, 207 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Imus, Don
  • Radio broadcasters > United States
  • Racism > United States
  • United States > Race relations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
I: Scapegoating Imus -- "What evil look like" -- Humor as hate speech -- The tight-lipped refusal to laugh -- Racial violence and collective trauma -- In Al Sharpton's crosshairs -- The appeal of Imus in the morning -- II: "Nappy-headed hos" in context -- The rough girls of Rutgers -- Hard-core misogyny, the hip-hop lexicon -- Role-play, nigger jokes, and the politics of hair -- Instant experts and false accusers : the Duke lacrosse team controversy -- Conclusion : Imus in the morning redux.
Call Number
Sc E 10-395
ISBN
  • 9780816667413 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 0816667411 (hc : alk. paper)
  • 9780816667420 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 081666742X (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009018538
OCLC
318428537
Author
Awkward, Michael.
Title
Burying Don Imus : anatomy of a scapegoat / Michael Awkward.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 10-395
MWGI 10-775
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