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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Black manhood"”.
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The power of images: The confrontation of violence and the construction of black manhood in the films of Gordon Parks
… to argue that four of his films, all centered on black men, explore how black men in America might attain greater agency through self-awareness, particularly in the context of racialized violence. The films under consideration are The Learning Tree (1969), Shaft (1971), Leadbelly (1976), and …
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Racism Recognized and the Reformation of the South in Ernest Gaines‘
… more than just a novel about whites dominating blacks; it is a novel about the fight for humanity in spite of the threat of a new social order. The social repercussions of slavery and the denial of black manhood are central issues in <em>A Gathering of Old Men, </em>but Gaines also exhibits ways …
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Redefining Blackness in the Age of Whiteness: Mimicry, Ancestry, Gender Performance, and Self-Identity in Afro-Caribbean and Afro-American Literature
… novel illustrates how imitation is used by black and native Caribbeans, Richard Wright’s <em>Native Son </em>(1940) and Lorraine Hansberry’s <em>A Raisin in the Sun </em>(1958) contextualize and exhibit W.E.B. Du Bois’s double-consciousness theory and the struggles that black Americans …
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Uplifting The Black Race - only males need apply : Black male militancy in Malcom X, Panther, Boyz n' the hood, and Get on the bus
… part of these narratives to construct a specific black identity in relation to black activism. These films position black males in a space which allows them to directly affect issues regarding black identity, political activism, the black community, and the nation. Furthermore, Malcolm X, Panther, …
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T.H.UG.L.I.F.E.: An analysis of adolescent black males’ figured manhoods and their quests for manhood
… males are socialized to adhere to a hegemonic manhood legitimizing the subordination of all women and men deemed feminine. For black males, “traditional” norms and roles associated with the dominant ideology ignore the structural discrimination that impede upon their ability to meet these …
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He Thinks He's Down: White Appropriations of Black Masculinities in the Civil Rights Era, 1945-1979
… middle-class masculinity, appropriated imaginary black masculinities into their lives and work. The dissertation demonstrates that during the civil rights era images of black men circulated widely in U.S. popular culture, in part because of the acceleration of the black freedom struggle. Media …
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DRAFTING INTO MANHOOD: BLACK NFL DRAFT PROSPECTS' CONCEPTIONS OF MANHOOD AND IDEAS OF PLAYING IN THE NFL
This dissertation examines how manhood is conceptualized by Black National Football League (NFL) prospects and explores how their characterizations of manhood are associated with their desire to become NFL players. This mixed-method study uses data collected by interviewing and surveying fifteen …