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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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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Book/text | Use in library | Sc E 10-395 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Details
- Description
- xv, 207 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- 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 10-395MWGI 10-775