Whispered Consolations
Subtitle: Law and Narrative in African American Life (Law, Meaning, and Violence)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: February 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780472106516
Subjects: Constitutional & administrative law; Race discrimination; Legal status, laws, etc; Ethnic Studies - General; United States; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Black American Sociology; Civil Law; Political Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Legal History; Law; Politics/International Relations; USA; Justice; Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice; American - African American; American - African American & Black; Social Science / Popular Culture; Discrimination; African Americans; Law and legislation
Description: "In Whispered Consolations, Jon-Christian Suggs examines the tradition of American law as it appears in African American literary life, from pre-Revolutionary murder trials to gangsta rap. This exciting approach changes our pictures of both American law and African American literature." "This book will appeal to students and scholars of literary and cultural studies, law and literature, and American history, as well as to scholars of African American literature and culture."--BOOK JACKET.