Manning the Race: Reforming Black Men in the Jim Crow Era

(Part of the Sexual Cultures Series)

by Marlon Ross

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Manning the Race explores how African American men have been marketed, embodied, and imaged for the purposes of racial advancement during the early decades of the twentieth century. Marlon Ross provides an intellectual history of both famous and lesser-known men who have served--controversially--as models and foils for black masculine competence.
Ross examines a host of early twentieth-century cultural sites where black masculinity struggles...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814775632

ISBN13:9780814775639

Release Date:June 2004

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:463 Pages

Weight:1.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Discrimination & Racism History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Government Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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