Performing Black Masculinity
Author | : Bryant Keith Alexander |
Publisher | : Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2006-07-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780759114180 |
ISBN-13 | : 0759114188 |
Rating | : 4/5 (188 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Performing Black Masculinity by : Bryant Keith Alexander
Download or read book Performing Black Masculinity written by Bryant Keith Alexander and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2006-07-24 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a remarkable set of linked essays on the African American male experience. Alexander picks a number of settings that highlight Black male interaction, sexuality, and identity_the student-teacher interaction, the black barbershop, drag queen performances, the funeral eulogy. From these he builds a theory of Black masculine identity using auto-ethnography and ideas of performance as his base.