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Like Men They Stood": Black Male Vulnerability as Resistance to Stereotypes in Fiction Written by African American Women" / Tuula Kolehmainen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kolehmainen, Tuula, author.
- Series:
- European Perspectives on the United States ; 14.
- Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
- European Perspectives on the United States ; 14
- Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American Studies.
- Critical Social Sciences.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- English & Anglophone.
- Gender Studies.
- Literature and Cultural Studies.
- Social sciences.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What if vulnerability could reshape how we understand Black masculinity? “Like Men They Stood” reveals how late twentieth-century African American women authors represent Black men in ways that disrupt familiar readings of their portrayals as purely stereotypical. Through reframed interpretations, the book uncovers how Toni Cade Bambara, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Gloria Naylor deploy Black male vulnerability as a powerful mode of resistance, troubling public and literary debates of stereotypical depictions of Black men in their fiction. By bringing Black male studies into dialogue with Black feminist and womanist thought, “Like Men They Stood” opens new ways of interpreting race, gender, and power in African American literature—and invites you to rethink how Black masculinity is represented, read, and understood.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-74636-6
- OCLC:
- 1561175370
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004746367 DOI
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