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Author:

Ikard, David, 1972-

Title:

Breaking the silence : toward a Black male feminist criticism / David Ikard.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xiv, 191 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
African American women in literature.
African American men in literature.
African American women--Race identity.
African American men--Race identity.
Sex differences in literature
Suffering in literature
Patriarchy in literature

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-181) and index.

Contents:

Love Jones : a black male feminist critique of Chester Himes's If he hollers let him go -- Black patriarchy and the dilemma of black women's complicity in James Baldwin's Go tell it on the mountain -- "Killing the white girl first" : understanding the politics of black manhood in Toni Morrison's Paradise -- "So much of what we know ain't so" : the other gender in Toni Cade Bambara's The salt eaters -- "Like a butterfly in a hurricane" : reconceptualizing black gendered resistance in Walter Mosley's Always outnumbered, always outgunned and Walkin' the dog.

ISBN:

9780807132135 (alk. paper)
0807132136 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)68800054

LCCN:

2006015764

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)