Hyper sexual, hyper masculine? : gender, race and sexuality in the identities of contemporary Black men / edited by Brittany C. Slatton and Kamesha Spates.

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781472425133
1472425138
9781472425140
1472425146
1317119266
9781317119265
1317119258
9781317119258

Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hyper sexual, hyper masculine?DDC classification:

305.38/896073 23

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E185.86 .H964 2014eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Challenges and Constraints of Masculine and Sexual Identity Formation; 1 Notes from a Former Homophobe; 2 Growing Up Male: A Re-Examination of African American Male Socialization; 3 The Black Box: Constrained Maneuvering of Black Masculine Identity; Part II: Negotiating Unequal Ground; 4 Against All Odds: African American Male Athletes' Pursuit of Professional Sports Careers; 5 Vagrant Frontiers; Part III: Critical Interpretations of Black Men and Genderism; 6 Confronting Black Male Privilege

7 Complexity Within and Similarity AcrossPart IV: Black Men's Counter-Narratives in the Struggle for Masculine and Sexual Autonomy; 8 The Tears of Black Men: Black Masculinity, Sexuality, and Sensitivity in R & B and Hip Hop; 9 More than Meets the Eye; 10 No Longer Silenced: Excerpts from Mirrored Invisible; 11 'I just be myself'; Index

Summary: "This book provides critical insights into the many, often overlooked, challenges and societal issues that face contemporary black men, focusing in particular on the ways in which governing societal expectations result in internal and external constraints on black male identity formation, sexuality and black 'masculine' expression. Presenting new interview and auto-ethnographic data, and drawing on an array of theoretical approaches methodologies, Hyper Sexual, Hyper Masculine? explores the formation of gendered and sexual identity in the lives of black men, shedding light on the manner in which these are affected by class and social structure. It examines the intersecting oppressions of race, gender and class, while acknowledging and discussing the extent to which black men's social lives differ as a result of their varying degrees of cumulative disadvantage. A wide-ranging and empirically grounded exploration of the intersecting roles of race, masculinity, and sexuality on the lives of black men, this volume will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, social stratification and intersectionality"--Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book provides critical insights into the many, often overlooked, challenges and societal issues that face contemporary black men, focusing in particular on the ways in which governing societal expectations result in internal and external constraints on black male identity formation, sexuality and black 'masculine' expression. Presenting new interview and auto-ethnographic data, and drawing on an array of theoretical approaches methodologies, Hyper Sexual, Hyper Masculine? explores the formation of gendered and sexual identity in the lives of black men, shedding light on the manner in which these are affected by class and social structure. It examines the intersecting oppressions of race, gender and class, while acknowledging and discussing the extent to which black men's social lives differ as a result of their varying degrees of cumulative disadvantage. A wide-ranging and empirically grounded exploration of the intersecting roles of race, masculinity, and sexuality on the lives of black men, this volume will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, social stratification and intersectionality"--Provided by publisher

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English.

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