Black Love in the Three Registers / Tapo Chimbganda -- The Black Man's Search for God / Carissa McCray -- Black British Women, Love, and the Politics of Choice / Jade Benn -- Emotional Storms and Black Intimacies / Michael Baugh -- "What's Love Got To Do With It?"--A Piece for the Brothas / Evelyn Amponsah -- No Longer "Obsolete" and "Dangerous," but Still Single: Black Masculinity and Marriage in African American Film at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century / RicheĢ Richardson -- The Aftermath of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: The Real Dilemma for African American Women in Finding the Love They Want / Dale Williams -- Mental Health and Interpersonal Relationships: A Personal Essay / Karen McMeo -- Between an African American and a Trinidadian: An Autoethnography of Race, Identity, and Love / Renata Ferdinand.
Summary:
"This edited volume qualifies black love on the basis of black identity. Much of what is experienced of blackness as an identity arises out of a juxtaposition to other races and identities, particularly whiteness. The contributors in this volume resist the idea of black love in reference to whiteness by exposing the hidden toxicities that come with a focus on whiteness. They reflect on intricate and intimate relationship dynamics that arise out of a violent and challenging past between Black women and Black men"-- Provided by publisher.
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