Black Masculinity And the U.S. South
Subtitle: From Uncle Tom to Gangsta (The New Southern Studies)
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: February 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780820328904
Subjects: Black studies; Cultural studies; Men's studies; Men's Studies - Masculinity; American - African American & Black; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; USA; American - African American; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; African American men in popular culture; African American men in literature; African American men in motion pictures; Southern States
Description: Reveals the South's influence on the formation of black masculinity at the national level. Investigates how mililtary policy, Huey Newton's and Malcolm X's political rhetoric, and the music production of Master P, the Cash Money Millionaires, and other Dirty South rappers are just some of the instruments by which pathologies of black masculinity in southern history have been sustained.