Black demons : media's depiction of the African American male criminal stereotype /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rome, Dennis
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
Series:	Crime, media, and popular culture.
Subjects:	African Americans in mass media. Crime in mass media. Mass media > United States.

Table of Contents:

Brief historical overview of African Americans
Theory : UCR, racial bias, public policy, and the mass media
Bad boys : cop-u-dramas and other crime reality-based television programs
Bamboozled : criminal stereotypes of African Americans in cinema
Modern-day "Blaxploitation" : gangsta rap and its perpetuation of the Black demon stereotype
Conclusion and suggestions for moving forward.