Black Male Deviance - by Anthony J Lemelle & Unknown (Paperback)

About the Book

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.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

?An important contribution to the social science literature on both gender and race, the book is useful for scholars working on questions of black male 'deviance' and cultural resistance to 'the man' or the 'rollers' (white police officers). Lemelle develops a fresh approach to the produced criminality of the African American male 'deviant' and sets that 'deviance' in the context of black economic conditions and of white oppression since slavery. Lemelle's analysis is insightful, offers an insightful rethinking of the history of black men, black masculinity, and misconceived attributions of pathology to black men.?-Choice

?The book's core propositions are very convincing, Lemelle effectively summons interpretive, anecdotal, and empirical analyses to his persuasive arsenal. This book is one of the few of its kind that does not read like a series of conspiracy theories.?-The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

"The book's core propositions are very convincing, Lemelle effectively summons interpretive, anecdotal, and empirical analyses to his persuasive arsenal. This book is one of the few of its kind that does not read like a series of conspiracy theories."-The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education

"An important contribution to the social science literature on both gender and race, the book is useful for scholars working on questions of black male 'deviance' and cultural resistance to 'the man' or the 'rollers' (white police officers). Lemelle develops a fresh approach to the produced criminality of the African American male 'deviant' and sets that 'deviance' in the context of black economic conditions and of white oppression since slavery. Lemelle's analysis is insightful, offers an insightful rethinking of the history of black men, black masculinity, and misconceived attributions of pathology to black men."-Choice

About the Author

ANTHONY J. LEMELLE, JR., is Associate Professor of Sociology at Purdue University. He has taught, researched, and published in the areas of race and ethnic relations, social theory, and deviance since 1977.