Race and the Subject of Masculinities
Title | Race and the Subject of Masculinities |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1997 |
Authors | Stecopoulos, Harry, and Michael Uebel |
Number of Pages | 418 |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
City | Durham, NC |
Abstract | Although in recent years scholars have explored the cultural construction of masculinity, they have largely ignored the ways in which masculinity intersects with other categories of identity, particularly those of race and ethnicity. The essays in Race and the Subject of Masculinities address this concern and focus on the social construction of masculinity—black, white, ethnic, gay, and straight—in terms of the often complex and dynamic relationships among these inseparable categories. Discussing a wide range of subjects including the inherent homoeroticism of martial-arts cinema, the relationship between working-class ideologies and Elvis impersonators, the emergence of a gay, black masculine aesthetic in the works of James Van der Zee and Robert Mapplethorpe, and the comedy of Richard Pryor, this collection provides a variety of opportunities for thinking about how race, sexuality, and "manhood" are reinforced and reconstituted in today’s society. |
URL | https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv123x6jv |
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