Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Masculinity and Mutability -- Racialized Degendering: Creating the Black Beast in the Shadow of the Enlightenment -- Black Men, Oppositional Definitions, and Primordial Africa -- Black Masculine Identities from Their Own Histories -- A Word on Black Feminists, Womanists, Men, and Writers -- Concerns of the Heart(h): Three Black Women Writers and Masculinity -- Out of Necessity: Black Men Evaluate Definitions of Masculinity -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Masculinity Under Construction analyzes Black male identity through the works of various authors from Africa, the Caribbean, and North America. The book discusses the works of canonical Black authors from the pan-African diaspora in order to identify similarities in the construction of male identity in global Black communities"-- Provided by publisher.
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