{"product_id":"tough-on-hate-the-cultural-politics-of-hate-crimes-critical-issues-in-crime-and-society-hardcover-9780813562315","title":"Tough on Hate The Cultural Politics of Hate Crimes Critical Issues in Crime and Society Hardcover","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lewis provides a rigorous examination of hate crimes as a cultural product. The first analysis of its kind, the author has eloquently captured hate crimes as a seemingly impossible marriage of an oppressive criminal justice system and an aspiring civil rights movement. A deeply valuable contribution.” -- Michael J. Coyle * California State University, Chico *\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully written and powerfully argued, \u003ci\u003eTough on Hate? \u003c\/i\u003ecracks a counterintuitive puzzle: how mainstream understandings and denunciations of hate crime magnify rather than mitigate its social harm. A marvelous and important book.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Thomas A. Guglielmo * George Washington University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Lewis skillfully analyzes the rhetoric around hate crimes, examining news coverage, political hearings, legislation, and documentary films, and deploying theories from diverse disciplines in a way that will engage American Studies scholars.\" * American Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"Lewis’ book is relevant, thoughtful and very well argued. \u003ci\u003eTough on Hate\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly valuable work that offers a perspective that compliments, advances, and challenges existing scholarship. Its greatest contribution is its critical central point: that combatting contemporary bigotry must be reassessed and expanded to include not only sensationalized violence, but other pervasive yet often ignored harms, that prejudice continues to inflict in our society.\" * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"Lewis’s presentation of the cultural politics of hate crimes is not only thought provoking and courageous but also has a lasting and valuable contribution. The coverage of smaller nuances within the topic, richness of the data, depth and objectivity of the analyses, and eloquence of the language make this book a must read for anyone who has the slightest interest in hate crime and is not afraid of having his or her perceived notion being challenged.\" * Criminal Justice Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: The Cultural Politics of Hate Crimes\u003cbr\u003e2. The Invention of Hate Crimes\u003cbr\u003e3. The Nation and Post-Difference Politics\u003cbr\u003e4. Cultural Criminalization and the Figure of the Hater\u003cbr\u003e5. Hate Crime Victimhood and Post-Difference Citizenship\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Challenging Hate Crimes on a Cultural Front\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Methods and Sources\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768155275607,"sku":"9780813562315","price":105.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813562315.jpg?v=1758716598","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tough-on-hate-the-cultural-politics-of-hate-crimes-critical-issues-in-crime-and-society-hardcover-9780813562315","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}