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This book explores the ways in which Black masculinities are created, negotiated, and contested in public spaces, calling on theory and praxis for social change.
List of contents
Editors' Note: Black Masculinity Studies, Yesterday and Today
Mika'il Petin and Mark C. Hopson
Foreword: The Sheer Force of Our Re-Imagination: Exploring Black Masculinity and the Public
Ronald L. Jackson II
Introduction: On Reimagining
Mark C. Hopson and Mika'il Petin
Chapter One: "Mama Knows Best": Exploring Black Men's Perceptions and Reimaginations of the Phrase "Mama's Boys"
Sakile K. Camara and Carmen M. Lee
Chapter Two: "She's Just a Friend (with Benefits)": Examining the Significance of Black American Boys' Partner Choice for Initial Sexual Intercourse
Tommy J. Curry and Ebony A. Utley
Chapter Three: Reverse Interest Convergence, Kaepernick, and Nike: An Educational Lobbyist Playbook for Equitable Funding by Investment in Urban Public Education
Aaron J. Griffen and Derrick Robinson
Chapter Four: Outkasted Black Masculinity: Shifting the Geographical and Performative
Landscape of '90s Hip Hop
Marquese McFerguson
Chapter Five: The Killing of Black Boys: A Collaborative Critical Autoethnography on "the Talk"
Mark C. Hopson, Gina Castle Bell, and Richard Craig
Chapter Six: A Conversation on Black Masculinity with Principal John Hawkins Snowdy
of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys
Kimberly Moffitt
Chapter Seven: (Re)educating Boys and Men of Color by Shaping Community Support
Kenneth Brown
Chapter Eight: "We Demand an Equal Show Upon Matters Effecting Our Industrial Welfare": Black Manhood, and Labor Activism in Early Jim Crow Illinois
Alonzo M. Ward
Chapter Nine: The Essence of the Black Man: An Exploration of Black Masculinity Through Double Consciousness in Native Son
Isaih Dale
Chapter Ten: The Battle of the New Age Black, Male Hero and Hegemonic/Toxic Masculinity: An Examination of the Representations of Black Masculinity in Black Panther
Erika M. Thomas & Malcolm D. Gamble
Chapter Eleven: "Me Miran Raro": Bad Bunny and the Creation of a New Discursive Space in Latin Trap Music
Larissa Hernandez
Chapter Twelve: Dual Socialization and Black Academic Intellectuals: A Research Report
Rutledge Dennis
Afterword: The Beautiful Ones Were Born Sometime Ago
Mark Anthony Neal
About the Contributors
About the author
Mark C. Hopson is director of African and African American studies and associate professor in the Department of Communication at George Mason University.
Mika'il Petin is assistant vice president of student success at Motlow State Community College.
