"I Can't Breath": Race, Police, and the Suffocation of American Democracy

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dc.contributor.advisorMcNally, David J.
dc.contributor.advisorHaque, Eve
dc.contributor.advisorVisano, Livy
dc.creatorAsres, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T13:42:15Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T13:42:15Z
dc.date.copyright2017-03-03
dc.date.issued2017-07-27
dc.date.updated2017-07-27T13:42:14Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe role of violence when it comes to the black experience in the United States is foundational. If one looks at recent studies of slavery, such as Sven Becketts Empire of Cotton and Edward Baptists the Half was never told, much of early American economic and political history has been predicated upon violence against black bodies. This project aims to trace the historical roots of violence vis--vis black bodies, and identify its modern manifestations. Through three case studies of racialised murders (Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin, and Michael Brown), the thesis will attempt to illustrate the political, economic and social context behind the killings, and explore larger questions of what these deaths represent in terms of how institutions like the criminal justice system operate when it comes to people of color.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33556
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.subject.keywordsRace
dc.subject.keywordsMichael Brown
dc.subject.keywordsEmmett Till
dc.subject.keywordsTrayvon Martin
dc.subject.keywordsViolence
dc.subject.keywordsCriminal justice system
dc.subject.keywordsPolice militarization
dc.subject.keywordsSchool to prison pipeline
dc.subject.keywordsLynching
dc.subject.keywordsDiscourse
dc.title"I Can't Breath": Race, Police, and the Suffocation of American Democracy
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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