Searching for the new Black man : Black masculinity and women's bodies / Ronda C. Henry Anthony.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henry Anthony, Ronda C.

Series:

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--African American authors.

Masculinity in literature.

Femininity in literature.

Human body in literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 192 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2013.

Contents:

Introduction: Searching for the "new black man": from masculine ideality to progressive black masculinities

Dominant versus subordinate masculinities and the gendered oppositions between slavery and freedom

Unsexing the black girl to get to the indian princess: the production of talented-tenth black masculine power and the cleansing and transcending of black (wo)manhood in W. E. B. Du Bois

"What's love got to do with it?": James Baldwin, cross-racial/sexual bond(age)ing, and the cult of hegemonic black masculinity

Breakin' the rules: Socrates, Fortlow, ethics, and Walter Mosley's constructions of progressive black masculinities

Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father, the economies of respectable black manhood and leadership, and the politics of collaboratively gendered black male feminist autobiography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Henry Anthony, Ronda C. Searching for the New Black Man

ISBN:

9781617037344

1617037346

OCLC:

815383669