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Whispered consolations : law and narrative in African American life / Jon-Christian Suggs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suggs, Jon Christian, 1940-
- Series:
- Law, meaning, and violence.
- Law, meaning, and violence
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
- African Americans.
- Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.
- Race discrimination.
- Justice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (416 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the relationship between African American literature and American law
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-390) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-44451-4
- 9786612444517
- 0-472-02282-2
- OCLC:
- 743199584
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