{"product_id":"hoodlums-william-l-van-deburg-9780226104638","title":"Hoodlums: Black Villains and Social Bandits in American Life","description":"Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X. Muhammad Ali. When you think of African American history, you think of its heroes-individuals endowed with courage and strength who are celebrated for their bold exploits and nobility of purpose. But what of black \u003ci\u003evillains\u003c\/i\u003e? Villains, just as much as heroes, have helped define the black experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ranging from black slaveholders and frontier outlaws to serial killers and gangsta rappers, \u003ci\u003eHoodlums\u003c\/i\u003e examines the pivotal role of black villains in American society and popular culture. Here, William L. Van Deburg offers the most extensive treatment to date of the black badman and the challenges that this figure has posed for race relations in America. He first explores the evolution of this problematic racial stereotype in the literature of the early Republic-documents in which the enslavement of African Americans was justified through exegetical claims. Van Deburg then probes antebellum slave laws, minstrel shows, and the works of proslavery polemicists to consider how whites conceptualized blacks as members of an inferior and dangerous race. Turning to key works by blacks themselves, from the writings of Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois to classic blaxploitation films like \u003ci\u003eBlack Caesar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mack\u003c\/i\u003e, Van Deburg demonstrates how African Americans have combated such negative stereotypes and reconceptualized the idea of the badman through stories of social bandits-controversial individuals vilified by whites for their proclivity toward evil, but revered in the black community as necessarily insurgent and revolutionary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ultimately, Van Deburg brings his story up-to-date with discussions of prison and hip-hop culture, urban rioting, gang warfare, and black-on-black crime. What results is a work of remarkable virtuosity-a nuanced history that calls for both whites and blacks to rethink received wisdom on the nature and prevalence of black villainy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William L. Van Deburg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022610463X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226104638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013 pg. 104","brand":"William L. Van Deburg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064792494335,"sku":"9780226104638","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fa29fa4-c05b-4192-9e5e-e3bd48f56b3f.jpg?v=1768671082","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hoodlums-william-l-van-deburg-9780226104638","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}