Our living manhood : literature, Black power, and masculine ideology /

In Our Living Manhood, Rolland Murray examines how James Baldwin, John Edgar Wideman, Clarence Major, John Oliver Killens, and other writers challenged the Black Power movement's political commitment to masculinity in the 1960s.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Murray, Rolland (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2007]
Subjects:
1900-1999
African American men > Political activity > History > 20th century.
African American men > Intellectual life > 20th century.
American literature > African American authors.
Black power > United States > History > 20th century.
Masculinity > United States > History > 20th century.
Hommes noirs américains > Activité politique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Hommes noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Black power > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Masculinité > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
African American men > Intellectual life
American literature > African American authors
Black power
Masculinity
Literatur
Männlichkeit
Schwarze
Amerikanistik
Politisches Handeln
United States
USA
Schwärze
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Our Black Nations Reconsidered 1
  • 1 My Father's Many Mansions: James Baldwin and the Architecture of Masculine Authority 13
  • 2 The Clumsy Trap of Manhood: Revolutionary Nationalism, John Edgar Wideman, and Remembrance 40
  • 3 Dark Intimacies: Sex, Nationalism, and Forgetting 67
  • 4 How the Conjure-Man Gets Busy: Cultural Nationalism and Performativity 94
  • Conclusion: Masculine Legacies 114.

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