TY - BOOK AU - Richardson,Riché TI - Black Masculinity and the U. S. South: From Uncle Tom to Gangsta SN - 9780820336671 AV - E185.86 .R537 2007 U1 - 305.38/896073075 PY - 2007/// CY - Athens PB - University of Georgia Press KW - African American men in literature KW - African American men in motion pictures KW - African American men in popular culture-Southern States KW - Masculinity-Southern States KW - Popular culture-Southern States KW - Popular music-Southern States KW - Regionalism-Southern States KW - Sex role-Southern States KW - Southern States-Intellectual life KW - Southern States-Social conditions KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3038790 ER -