Progressive Black Masculinities?

by Athena D. Mutua (Editor)

Overview

In the struggle for pride and political agency, the imperative to 'be a man' has been central to the lives of black males. Yet, what it means to be a black man-in terms of both racial and gender identity-has been subject to continual debate in public and academic spheres alike.

Progressive Black Masculinities brings together leading black cultural critics including Michael Eric Dyson, Mark Anthony Neal, and Patricia Hill Collins to examine an alternatively demonized and mythologized black masculinity. Collectively, they offer a roadmap for new, progressive models of black masculinity that may chart the course for the future of black men.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415976862
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/28/2006
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Athena D. Mutua is Associate Professor of Law at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Mapping the Contours of Progressive Masculinities Athena D. MutuaPart 1 Theorizing Progressive Black Masculinities1. Theorizing Progressive Black Masculinities Athena D. Mutua2. Remembering our Feminist Forefathers Beverly Guy-Sheftall3. Toward Progressive Conceptions of Black Manhood LatCrit and Critical Race Feminist Reflections: Thought Piece, May 2001 Elizabeth M. IglesiasPart 2 Strength, Not Privilege or Dominance4. Toward a Pedagogy of the Opressor Michael Kimmel5. A Telling Difference: Dominance, Strength, and Black Masculinities Patricia Hill CollinsPart 3 Christianity: Progressive Interpretations? 6. Images of Masculinity in the Pauline Epistles: Resources for Constructing Progressive Black Masculinities, or Not? Gay L. Byron7. Progressive Black Masculinities and a Christian Experience: An Autobiographical Perspective Whitney G. HarrisPart 4 From Unwanted Traffic to Prison8. Reasonable and Unreasonable Suspects: The Cultural Construction of the Anonymous Black Man in Public Space (Here Be Dragons) John O. Calmore9. Incarcerated Masculinities Teresa A. MillerPart 5 Black Men in (Re) View10. Mirror’s Fade to Black: Masculinity, Misogyny, and Class Ideation in The Cosby Show and Martin Nathan Grant11. Welcome to the Terrordome: Exploring the Contradictions of a Hip-Hop Black Masculinity Timothy J. BrownPart 6 Black Feminists Engaged12. Beyond Competitive Victimhood: Abandoning Arguments That Black Women or Black Men Are Worse Off Stephanie L. Phillips13. Gender Justice: Linking Women’s Human Rights and Progressive Black Masculinities M. Bahati KuumbaPart 7 Walking the Talk14. Breaking the Silence: The Role of Progressive Black Men in the Fight Against Sexual Assault Thema Bryant-Davis Ph.D.15. Bringing Up Daddy: A Progressive Black Masculine Fatherhood? Mark Anthony NealSelected BibliographyContributorsIndex