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Bell Hooks - We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity - 9780415969277 - V9780415969277
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We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity

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Description for We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity Paperback. Are black men cool, or are they despised? This text goes beyond the usual analysis of the black male - difficult childhood, white racism, poverty - to ask questions which other books are unwilling to address, examining what black males fear most and probing the depths of their longing for intimacy, for fathers and for meaningful relationships. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 284.

"When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news," writes bell hooks. "If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse."

In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title--WeReal Cool; her subject--the way in which both white society and weak black leaders are failing black men and youth. Her subject is taboo: "this is a culture that does not love black males:" "they are not loved by white men, white women, black women, girls or boys. And ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
274g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415969277
SKU
V9780415969277
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Bell Hooks
bell hooks is one of our leading social and cultural critics. Among her more than twenty books is Salvation:Black People and Love and Rock My Soul: Black People andSelf-Esteem. Four titles are published by Routledge: Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice ofFreedom, Outlaw Culture, Reel to Real, and Where WeStand: Class Matters.

Reviews for We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity
"We Real Cool is a slim book, but it's fat (or phat) with ideas on how to encourage black men to be their real selves in the truest sense of the word."
Karen Grigsby Bates, Ms. Winter "I read the first page of the preface holding my nose because I am sick of listening to others tell me who ... Read more

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