Representing Black Men

Marcellus Blount, George P. Cunningham

• Introduction, Marcellus Blount, George P. Cunningham; Part 1 Against Patriarchy; Chapter 1 A Black Man’s Place(s) in Black Feminist Criticism, Michael Awkward; Chapter 2 “A Cavern Opened in My Mind”, Cora Kaplan; Chapter 3 “Ain’t Nothin’ Like the Real Thing, Kendall Thomas; Part 2 Negotiating “Masculinity”; Chapter 4 Violent Ambiguity, Robert Reid-Pharr; Chapter 5 Chapter One of Booker T. Washington’s Up from Slavery, Donald Gibson; Chapter 6 “Stand by Your Man”, Stephen Michael Best; Chapter 7 Body Politics, George P. Cunningham; Part 3 Screening Men; Chapter 8 “We’re Gonna Deconstruct Your Life!”, Elizabeth Alexander; Chapter 9 “But Compared to What?”, Wahneema Lubiano; Chapter 10 The Absent One, Manthia Diawara;