Are We Not Men?: Masculine Anxiety and the Problem of African-American Identity

Are We Not Men?: Masculine Anxiety and the Problem of African-American Identity
ISBN-10
0195126548
ISBN-13
9780195126549
Series
Are We Not Men?
Category
African American men
Pages
254
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
Phillip Brian Harper

Description

Includes information on AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), Laurie Anderson, authenticity, back up singing, Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), Black Arts movement, Black Like Me (Griffin), black masculinity, balck nationalism, Black Power movement, breakdancing, Diahann, Carroll, designatory terminology, femininity, Nikki Giovanni, Harlem Renaissance, HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), homosexuality, Jesse Jackson, Michael Jackson, Jane Doe v. State of Louisana, Earvin (Magic) Johnson, Motown Record Corporation, MTV, pop music, racial classificaton, racial passing, rap (music), Alice Beatrice Jones Rhinelander case, Max Robinson, Room 222 (television), Run DMC, RuPaul, O.J. Simpson, the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, etc.

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