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Radio 4,5 mins

Why does the hood have such a stigma?

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Hood: a cultural history of a seemingly neutral garment which has long been associated with violence, from the Executioner to the KKK and inner city gangs. Laurie Taylor talks to the America writer, Alison Kinney, about the material and symbolic meaning of hoods. First broadcast on Thinking Allowed, 26 October 2016.

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