Synopses & Reviews
Many studies of Black men have been and will be produced, but most have approached the subject from angles other than a position of scholarship that explores how Black men have come to be socially produced as deviants, and asks how have persons in academe participated in the production of these perceived deviants, and how has the Black community responded to this social construct of a role. This work is directed toward sociologists and those who are interested in the study of the Black community.
Synopsis
Asks the question, How have Black males been produced as deviants in U.S. society?
About the Author
ANTHONY J. LEMELLE, JR., is Associate Professor of Sociology at Purdue University.
Table of Contents
Preface
A Reconsideration of Bigger Thomas: Afrocentric and Postmodern Black Male Deviance
The Failure of Reason and Black Males in the United States
African-American Temporal Refusal
Colonialism and Black Male Deviance
Race and Theories of Deviance
Fundamental Forms of Consciousness
Conclusion: African-American Criminality and Emancipatory Democracy
Bibliography
Index