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Constructing the Black Masculine: Identity and Ideality in African American Men’s Literature and Culture, 1775–1995
Maurice O. Wallace
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Description for Constructing the Black Masculine: Identity and Ideality in African American Men’s Literature and Culture, 1775–1995
Paperback. A major rethinking of the issues around African American masculinity, tracing its relation to images of construction, and applying ideas from Eve Sedgwick's 'Epistemology of the Closet'. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3734 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
In seven representative episodes of black masculine literary and cultural history—from the founding of the first African American Masonic lodge in 1775 to the 1990s choreographies of modern dance genius Bill T. Jones—Constructing the Black Masculine maps black men’s historical efforts to negotiate the frequently discordant relationship between blackness and maleness in the cultural logic of American identity. Maurice O. Wallace draws on an impressive variety of material to investigate the survivalist strategies employed by black men who have had to endure the disjunction between race and masculinity in American culture.
Highlighting their chronic objectification under the gaze of ... Read more
In seven representative episodes of black masculine literary and cultural history—from the founding of the first African American Masonic lodge in 1775 to the 1990s choreographies of modern dance genius Bill T. Jones—Constructing the Black Masculine maps black men’s historical efforts to negotiate the frequently discordant relationship between blackness and maleness in the cultural logic of American identity. Maurice O. Wallace draws on an impressive variety of material to investigate the survivalist strategies employed by black men who have had to endure the disjunction between race and masculinity in American culture.
Highlighting their chronic objectification under the gaze of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
A John Hope Franklin Center Book
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822328698
SKU
V9780822328698
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About Maurice O. Wallace
Maurice O. Wallace is Assistant Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Duke University.
Reviews for Constructing the Black Masculine: Identity and Ideality in African American Men’s Literature and Culture, 1775–1995
“A most impressive interrogation into the problematic of black masculine identity as it has manifested in the U.S. context from the late eighteenth century through the present day. Readers from across a range of disciplines will be uniformly impressed by the scope and dexterity of Wallace’s critical intelligence. This is an overwhelmingly admirable achievement and a very important book.”—Phillip Brian ... Read more