Masculinity Under Construction - Literary Re-Presentations of Black Masculinity in the African Diaspora

Masculinity Under Construction analyzes Black male identity through the works of various authors from Africa, the Caribbean, and North America. The book discusses the works of canonical Black authors from the pan-African diaspora in order to identify similarities in the construction of male identity in global Black communities.

List of contents

Introduction: Masculinity and Mutability
Chapter One: Racialized Degendering: Creating the Black Beast in the Shadow of the Enlightenment
Chapter Two: Black Men, Oppositional Definitions, and Primordial Africa
Chapter Three: Black Masculine Identities from Their Own Histories
Chapter Four: A Word on Black Feminists, Womanists, Men, and Writers
Chapter Five: Concerns of the Heart(h): Three Black Women Writers and Masculinity
Chapter Six: Out of Necessity: Black Men Evaluate Definitions of Masculinity

About the author

LaToya Jefferson-James is assistant professor of English at Mississippi Valley State University.

Product details

• Authors: LaToya Jefferson-James
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781793615299
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-529-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people