TY  - CHAP
AB  - In this article Professor Perry argues that Plessy v. Ferguson and the de jure segregation it heralded has overdetermined the discourse on Jim Crow. She demonstrates through a historical analysis of activist movements, popular literature, and case law that private law, specifically property and contract, were significant aspects of Jim Crow law and culture. The failure to understand the significance of private law has limited the breadth of juridical analyses of how to respond to racial divisions and injustices. Perry therefore contends that a paradigmatic shift is necessary in scholarly analyses of the Jim Crow era, to include private law, and moreover that this shift will enrich our understandings of both historic and current inequalities.
VL  - 33
SN  - 978-0-76231-109-5, 978-1-84950-272-6/1059-4337
DO  - 10.1016/S1059-4337(04)33004-8
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1059-4337(04)33004-8
AU  - Perry Imani
PY  - 2004
Y1  - 2004/01/01
TI  - DISMANTLING THE HOUSE OF PLESSY: A PRIVATE LAW STUDY OF RACE IN CULTURAL AND LEGAL HISTORY WITH CONTEMPORARY RESONANCES
T2  - Studies in Law, Politics and Society
T3  - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 91
EP  - 159
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -