Cool Pose : The Dilemmas of Black Manhood in America
by Richard Majors, Janet Mancini Billson
Category: Social Science

Behind the mask of "cool"--a clear-eyed look at how African American inner-city youths defend themselves against the indignities, inequities, and injuries of ghetto life--a pose that leads to the real alienation of these young men from both the white world and their own communities.