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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823580603321

Autore

Richardson Riche <1971->

Titolo

Black masculinity and the U.S. South : from Uncle Tom to gangsta / / Riche Richardson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-55321-6

0-8203-3667-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

The new southern studies

Disciplina

305.38/896073075

Soggetti

African American men in literature

African American men in motion pictures

African American men in popular culture - Southern States

Masculinity - Southern States

Popular culture - Southern States

Popular music - Southern States

Regionalism - Southern States

Sex role - Southern States

Southern States Intellectual life

Southern States Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Lessons from Thomas Dixon to The Klansman -- CHAPTER 2 Charles Fuller's Southern Specter -- CHAPTER 3 Ralph Ellison's Rural Geography -- CHAPTER 4 Spike Lee's Uncle Toms and Urban Revolutionaries -- CHAPTER 5 Gangstas and Playas in the Dirty South -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This pathbreaking study of region, race, and gender reveals how we underestimate the South's influence on the formation of black masculinity at the national level. Starting with such well-known caricatures as the Uncle Tom and the black rapist, Richardson



investigates a range of pathologies of black masculinity.