| A Question of Manhood, Volume 1: A Reader in U.S. Black Men's History and Masculinity, Manhood Rights: The Construction of Black Male History and Manh Contributor(s): Hine, Darlene Clark (Editor), Jenkins, Earnestine L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253213436 ISBN-13: 9780253213433 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: Each of these essays illuminates an important dimension of the complex array of Black male experiences as workers, artists, warriors, and leaders. The essays describe the expectations and demands to struggle, to resist, and facilitate the survival of African American culture and community. Black manhood was shaped not only in relation to Black womanhood, but was variously nurtured and challenged, honed and transformed against a backdrop of white male power and domination, and the relentless expectations and demands on them to struggle, resist, and to facilitate the survival of African-American culture and community. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Men's Studies - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 99024464 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora |
| Physical Information: 1.65" H x 6.13" W x 9.2" (1.91 lbs) 624 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Each of these essays illuminates an important dimension of the complex array of Black male experiences as workers, artists, warriors, and leaders. The essays describe the expectations and demands to struggle, to resist, and facilitate the survival of African American culture and community. Black manhood was shaped not only in relation to Black womanhood, but was variously nurtured and challenged, honed and transformed against a backdrop of white male power and domination, and the relentless expectations and demands on them to struggle, resist, and to facilitate the survival of African-American culture and community. |