Beschreibung:
LaToya Jefferson-James is assistant professor of literature at Mississippi Valley State University.
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.
Introduction: Masculinity and MutabilityChapter One: Racialized Degendering: Creating the Black Beast in the Shadow of the EnlightenmentChapter Two: Black Men, Oppositional Definitions, and Primordial AfricaChapter Three: Black Masculine Identities from Their Own HistoriesChapter Four: A Word on Black Feminists, Womanists, Men, and WritersChapter Five: Concerns of the Heart(h): Three Black Women Writers and MasculinityChapter Six: Out of Necessity: Black Men Evaluate Definitions of Masculinity