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Black Masculinity and the U. S. South : From Uncle Tom to Gangsta.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (311 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780820336671
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Black Masculinity and the U. S. SouthDDC classification:
  • 305.38/896073075
LOC classification:
  • E185.86 .R537 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Lessons from Thomas Dixon to The Klansman -- CHAPTER 2 Charles Fuller's Southern Specter -- CHAPTER 3 Ralph Ellison's Rural Geography -- CHAPTER 4 Spike Lee's Uncle Toms and Urban Revolutionaries -- CHAPTER 5 Gangstas and Playas in the Dirty South -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: This pathbreaking study of region, race, and gender reveals how we underestimate the South's influence on the formation of black masculinity at the national level. Starting with such well-known caricatures as the Uncle Tom and the black rapist, Richardson investigates a range of pathologies of black masculinity.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Lessons from Thomas Dixon to The Klansman -- CHAPTER 2 Charles Fuller's Southern Specter -- CHAPTER 3 Ralph Ellison's Rural Geography -- CHAPTER 4 Spike Lee's Uncle Toms and Urban Revolutionaries -- CHAPTER 5 Gangstas and Playas in the Dirty South -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

This pathbreaking study of region, race, and gender reveals how we underestimate the South's influence on the formation of black masculinity at the national level. Starting with such well-known caricatures as the Uncle Tom and the black rapist, Richardson investigates a range of pathologies of black masculinity.

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