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Scammer's Yard The Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica
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Title
Scammer's Yard The Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica / Jovan Scott Lewis.
ISBN
145296436X
9781452964362
9781517909970
9781517909987
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020
Copyright Notice Date
[2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"Tells the story of Jamaican "scammers" who use crime to gain autonomy, opportunity, and repair"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2020 Complete
Project MUSE - 2020 Global Cultural Studies
Other formats
Online version: Lewis, Jovan Scott. Scammer's yard Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 09, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: To Be Poor Is a Crime
The Planation Remains: A History of Sufferation
Free Zones: Manipulated Development after Structural Adjustment
Black Markets: The Color of Crime
Repairing Blackness: Seizing Reparations through the Scam
Conclusion: Black Life beyond Repair.
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