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035			_a(OCoLC)868026477
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
100	1		_aMiller, D. Quentin _q(Daniel Quentin), _d1967- _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA Criminal Power : _bJames Baldwin and the Law / _cD. Quentin Miller.
264		1	_aColumbus : _bThe Ohio State University Press, _c[2012]
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2014
264		4	_c©[2012]
300			_a1 online resource (224 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aNo room of one's own -- Other countries, hidden laws -- A criminal power -- Return to exile -- The fire reignited.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_aJames Baldwin, one of the major African American writers of the twentieth century, has been the subject of a substantial body of literary criticism. As a prolific and experimental author with a marginalized perspective--a black man during segregation and the Civil Rights era, a gay man at a time when homophobia was commonly accepted--Baldwin has fascinated readers for over half a century. Yet Baldwin's critics have tended to separate his weighty, complex body of work and to examine it piecemeal. A Criminal Power: James Baldwin and the Law is the first thematic study to analyze the complete scope of his work. It accomplishes this through an expansive definition and thorough analysis of the social force that oppressed Baldwin throughout his life: namely, the law. Baldwin, who died in 1987, attempted suicide in 1949 at the age of 25 after spending eight days in a French prison following an absurd arrest for "receiving stolen goods"--A sheet that his acquaintance had taken from a hotel. This seemingly trivial incident made Baldwin painfully aware of what he would later call the law's "criminal power." Previously, most book-length studies addressing Baldwin's entire career have been biographies and artistic "portraits." D. Quentin Miller corrects this oversight in a comprehensive volume that speaks to Baldwin's unified body of work. Miller asserts that the Baldwin corpus is a testament to how the abuse of power within the American legal, judicial, and penal systems manifested itself in the twentieth century"--Adapted from publisher's description
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	7	_aBaldwin, James, _d1924-1987. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00038941
600	1	1	_aBaldwin, James, _d1924-1987 _xCriticism and interpretation.
600	1	0	_aBaldwin, James, _d1924-1987 _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		7	_aRace discrimination in literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01086490
650		7	_aLaw in literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00994014
650		7	_aLaw enforcement in literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01903753
650		7	_aHomophobia in literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00959743
650		7	_aDiscrimination in law enforcement. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00895102
650		7	_aDiscrimination in criminal justice administration. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00895034
650		6	_aDiscrimination dans l'administration de la justice penale _zÉtats-Unis.
650		6	_aDiscrimination dans l'application des lois _zÉtats-Unis.
650		6	_aDroit dans la litterature.
650		6	_aLois _xApplication, dans la litterature.
650		6	_aDiscrimination raciale dans la litterature.
650		0	_aDiscrimination in criminal justice administration _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDiscrimination in law enforcement _zUnited States.
650		0	_aLaw in literature.
650		0	_aLaw enforcement in literature.
650		0	_aHomophobia in literature.
650		0	_aRace discrimination in literature.
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655		7	_aCritiques litteraires. _2rvmgf
655		7	_aLiterary criticism. _2lcgft
655		7	_aLiterary criticism. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01986215
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/24249/
945			_aProject MUSE - 2012 Literature Supplement II
945			_aProject MUSE - 2012 Complete Supplement II
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