Clara S. Lewis

Tough on Hate?: The Cultural Politics of Hate Crimes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tough on Hate is the first book to examine the cultural politics of hate crimes both within and beyond the law. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including personal interviews, unarchived documents, television news broadcasts, legislative debates, and presidential speeches, the book challenges readers to reconsider their understanding of hate crimes and raises startling questions about the trajectory of civil and minority rights.

Produktdetails

• Critical Issues in Crime and S
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Altersempfehlung: 18 bis 22 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780813562308
• ISBN-10: 0813562309
• Artikelnr.: 38059304

Autorenporträt

CLARA S. LEWIS is a senior lecturer at the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric at Dartmouth College. 

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Hate Crimes
2. The Invention of Hate Crimes
3. The Nation and Post-Difference Politics
4. Cultural Criminalization and the Figure of the Hater
5. Hate Crime Victimhood and Post-Difference Citizenship
Epilogue: Challenging Hate Crimes on a Cultural Front
Appendix: Methods and Sources
Notes
Index