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Looking for Leroy : illegible black masculinities /
This book is an engaging and provocative analysis of the complex ways in which Black masculinity has been read and misread through contemporary American popular culture. The author argues that Black men and boys are bound, in profound ways, to and by their legibility. The most "legible" Bl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Postmillennial Pop Series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book is an engaging and provocative analysis of the complex ways in which Black masculinity has been read and misread through contemporary American popular culture. The author argues that Black men and boys are bound, in profound ways, to and by their legibility. The most "legible" Black male bodies are often rendered as criminal, bodies in need of policing and containment. Ironically, the author argues, this sort of legibility brings welcome relief to white America, providing easily identifiable images of Black men in an era defined by shifts in racial, sexual, and gendered identities. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814789407 0814789404 9780814760604 0814760600 |