Constructing the Black Masculine by Maurice O Wallace

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A major rethinking of the issues around African American masculinity, tracing its relation to images of construction, and applying ideas from Eve Sedgwick's 'Epistemology of the Closet'.

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Constructing the Black Masculine by Maurice O Wallace

A major rethinking of the issues around African American masculinity, tracing its relation to images of construction, and applying ideas from Eve Sedgwick's 'Epistemology of the Closet'.
“A most impressive interrogation into the problematic of black masculine identity as it has manifested in the US. context from the late eighteenth century through the present day. Readers from across a range of disciplines will be uniformly impressed by the scope and dexterity of Wallace’s critical intelligence. This is an overwhelmingly admirable achievement and a very important book.”—Phillip Brian Harper, author of Are We Not Men? Masculine Anxiety and the Problem of African-American Identity
“Highly original and deeply probing in its analyses into the intricacies of its topic, Constructing the Black Masculine is a timely and rewarding addition to the study of African American literature, American studies, and race and sexuality. Maurice O. Wallace has a lot to teach.”—Nellie McKay, coeditor of The Norton Anthology of African American Literature

Maurice O. Wallace is Assistant Professor of English and African and African American Studies at Duke University.

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ISBN 13 9780822328698
ISBN 10 0822328690
Title Constructing the Black Masculine
Author Maurice O Wallace
Series A John Hope Franklin Center Book
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Duke University Press
Year published 2002-06-12
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.