Man Among Other Men - The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism

Informationen zum Autor Jordanna Matlon is Assistant Professor in the School of International Service at American University. Klappentext "This book examines constructions of masculinity among men in the informal economy of Abidjan, Cãote d'Ivoire. It demonstrates how French colonial legacies and global media representations of Blackness anchor identity and value within labor, consumerism, and commodification" -- Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Greatness in Each Man Part I: THEORIZING BLACK MASCULINITY IN RACIAL CAPITALISM 1. Tropes of Black Masculinity 2. The Evolution of the Wage Labor Ideal 3. Producer, Consumer, Commodity, Surplus Part II: BETWEEN PLACE AND IMAGINARIES 4. Imaginaries of Negation 5. Acculturation as Evolution 6. Imaginaries of Affirmation 7. La crise Part III: IMAGINARIES IN A CRISIS ABIDJAN 8. Ctioyens and Citadins 9. Political Imaginaries 10. VIP Imaginaries 11. The Visual Terrain of Blackness Conclusion: With Every Grace and Cuff Link Postscript: Reflections on Intersections/Infrastructure

Product details

• Authors: JOna Matlon, Jordanna Matlon, Jordanna C. Matlon
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781501762932
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-6293-2
• No. of pages: 306
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories