Manliness and Its Discontents
Subtitle: The Black Middle Class and the Transformation of Masculinity, 1900-1930 (Gender and American Culture)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 4, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780807855195
Subjects: Black studies; Men's studies; Social Classes; 20th century; Men; History; United States - 20th Century; Social Science; Social conditions; Sociology; USA; Men's Studies - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; African-American/African Studies; American Studies; Sociology/Social Issues; Sex role; Social Science / Men's Studies; Social Science-Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Social Science-Social Classes; United States; African American men; Identity; Immigrants
First sentence: On a somber afternoon in August 1924, the residents of Harlem witnessed what amounted to a state funeral for John Edward Bruce.