Breaking the Silence: Toward a Black Male Feminist CriticismLSU Press, 2007 - 208 sayfa Can black males offer useful insights on black women and patriarchy? Many black feminists are doubtful. Their skepticism derives in part from a history of explosive encounters with black men who blamed feminism for stigmatizing black men and undermining racial solidarity and in part from a perception that black male feminists are opportunists capitalizing on the current popularity of black women's writing and criticism. In Breaking the Silence, David Ikard goes boldly to the crux of this debate through a series of provocative readings of key African American texts that demonstrate the possibility and value of a viable black male feminist perspective. |
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A Black Male Feminist Critique of Chester Himess If He Hollers Let Him Go | 29 |
2 Black Patriarchy and the Dilemma of Black Womens Complicity in James Baldwins Go Tell It on the Mountain | 49 |
Understanding the Politics of Black Manhood in Toni Morrisons Paradise | 81 |
The Other Gender in Toni Cade Bambaras The Salt Eaters | 105 |
Reconceptualizing Black Gendered Resistance in Walter Mosleys Always Outnumbered Always Outgunned and Walkin the Dog | 135 |
Conclusion | 173 |
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