Masculinities in Black and White

Manliness and Whiteness in (African) American Literature

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US | e druk, 2015
ISBN13: 9781349503759
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Inverting the traditional focus of ethnic studies on blackness as the object of scrutiny, this book explores dominant forms of white masculinity as seen by African American authors placed alongside certain white writers. Author analyzes texts by Herman Melville, Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Frederick Douglass, and James Baldwin.

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ISBN13:9781349503759
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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Introduction 1. Slavery in Black and White: White Masculinity as Enslaving in the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 2. Of Gray Vapors and Creeping Clouds: White (Male) Privilege as Blinding in Herman Melville's 'Benito Cereno'. 3. Revisiting Masculinity and/as Whiteness in Ernest Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa and Under Kilimanjaro 4. Dark Objects of Desire: The Blackness of (Homo)sexuality in James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room 5. Race and Gender in the Mirror: A (White) Woman's Look at (Black) Racism in Martha Gellhorn's "White Into Black"

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