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1 online resource (xix, 378 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index. |
| Summary |
"Traps is the first anthology that historicizes the writings by African American men who have examined the meanings of the overlapping categories of race, gender, and sexuality, and who have theorized these categories in the most expansive and progressive terms. Traps contains the landmark speeches, essays, letters, and a manifesto by nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American men who have examined the complex terrain of gender and sexuality within the historical and cultural matrix of the United States"--Publisher's description. |
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"Traps is the first anthology of writings by 19th- and 20th-century African American men on the overlapping categories of race, gender, and sexuality. The selections on gender in Sections I and II reveal what some may view as the unexpected commitment of African American men to feminism. Included here are critiques of the subordinate social, economic, and political position of black women. Sections III and IV analyze the taboos and myths in which black sexuality is enmeshed. These essays also stress the importance of rejecting homophobia and the need to contest the predominance of a heterosexual paradigm. Monolithic constructions of gender and sexuality, reinforced by sexism and historically sanctioned homophobia, are the "traps" that give this book its focus and its title"--Indiana University Press website. |
| Contents |
Prologue. The tradition of John : a mode of Black masculinity / Rudolph P. Byrd -- Part one. Remembering our forefathers : pioneering perspectives on the rights and education of women. The rights of women ; Give women fair play ; I am a radical woman suffrage man / Frederick Douglass -- The Black woman of the South : her neglects and her needs / Alexander Crummell -- The damnation of women / W.E.B. Du Bois -- "When and where [we] enter" : in search of a feminist forefather : reclaiming the womanist legacy of W.E.B. DuBois / Gary L. Lemons -- Part two. Disloyalty to patriarchy : resisting sexism. In the days of my youth / Benjamin E. Mays -- Feminism and equality / Bayard Rustin -- Women's rights are human rights / Kalamu Ya Salaam -- Groundings with my sisters : patriarchy and the exploitation of Black women / Manning Marable -- Breaking silences / Calvin Hernton -- On becoming anti-rapist / Haki R. Madhubuti -- The sexual diversion : the Black man/Black woman debate in context / Derrick Bell -- A Black man's place in Black feminist criticism / Michael Awkward -- Men : we just don't get it / Nathan McCall -- Mission statement of Black Men for the Eradication of Sexism, Morehouse College -- |
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Part three. Meditations from the heart : making meaning out of masculinity. Here be dragons / James Baldwin -- In the limelight / Arthur J. Robinson, jr. -- The sexist in me / Kevin Powell -- A phenomenology of the Black body / Charles Johnson -- Thirteen ways of looking at a Black man / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Mike's brilliant career : Mike Tyson and the riddle of Black cool / Gerald Early -- It's raining men : notes on the Million Man March / Robert F. Reid-Pharr -- Dear Minister Farrakhan : a letter / Men Stopping Violence -- Black men in the movies : how does it feel to be a problem (and an answer)? / Edward Guerrero -- Part four. Brother to brother : the politics of desire, sexuality, and homophobia. A letter from Huey to the revolutionary brothers and sisters about the women's liberation and gay liberation movements / Huey P. Newton -- Brother to brother : words from the heart / Joseph Beam -- Black macho revisited : reflections of a SNAP! queen / Marlon Riggs -- Does your mama know about me? / Essex Hemphill -- Black sexuality : the taboo subject / Cornel West -- When you divide body and soul, problems multiply : the Black church and sex / Michael Eric Dyson -- "Ain't nothin' like the real thing" : Black masculinity, gay sexuality, and the jargon of authenticity / Kendall Thomas -- Epilogue. Reflections on Black manhood / Beverly Guy-Sheftall. |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
African American men -- Attitudes.
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African American men -- Sexual behavior.
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African American men -- Psychology.
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Masculinity -- United States.
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Homophobia -- United States.
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African Americans -- Race identity.
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Man-woman relationships -- United States.
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Sex role -- United States.
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African American women -- Social conditions.
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African American sexual minorities -- Social conditions.
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African American gay men -- Social conditions.
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Feminism -- United States.
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Womanism -- United States.
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Feminism and racism -- United States.
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African American feminists -- Attitudes.
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Male feminists -- Attitudes.
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Hommes noirs américains -- Attitudes.
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Hommes noirs américains -- Sexualité.
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Hommes noirs américains -- Psychologie.
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Masculinité -- États-Unis.
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Homophobie -- États-Unis.
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Noirs américains -- Identité ethnique.
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Relations entre hommes et femmes -- États-Unis.
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Rôle selon le sexe -- États-Unis.
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Noires américaines -- Conditions sociales.
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Féminisme -- États-Unis.
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Minorités sexuelles noires américaines -- Conditions sociales.
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Homosexuels masculins noirs américains -- Conditions sociales.
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Womanisme -- États-Unis.
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Féministes noires américaines -- Attitudes.
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Hommes féministes -- Attitudes.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General
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African American men -- Attitudes
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African American men -- Psychology
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African American men -- Sexual behavior
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African American women -- Social conditions
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African Americans -- Race identity
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Feminism
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Homophobia
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Man-woman relationships
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Masculinity
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Sex role
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United States
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Ethnische Identität
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Sexualverhalten
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Schwärze
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USA
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Black feminism.
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Sexual practices.
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Gender expression.
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LGBTQ+ phobia.
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Gender roles.
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Role behavior.
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Internalized homophobia.
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| Genre/Form |
anthologies.
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History
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Byrd, Rudolph P., editor of compilation.
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Guy-Sheftall, Beverly, editor of compilation.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Traps. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2001 0253339014 (DLC) 00053539 (OCoLC)45376146 |
| ISBN |
9780253069191 (electronic bk.) |
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025306919X (electronic bk.) |
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0253339014 |
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9780253339010 |
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0253214483 |
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9780253214485 |
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9780253214483 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000074952234 |
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AU@ 000074932589 |
