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Author Alexander-Floyd, Nikol G. (Nikol Gertrude)

Title Gender, race and nationalism in contemporary black politics / Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 236 pages)
Series Comparative feminist studies series
Comparative feminist studies series.
Contents Introduction -- Toward a Black Feminist Frame of Reference: Gender, Nationalism, and the Ironies of Black Politics -- "We Shall Have Our Manhood": Black Macho, the Black Cultural Pathology Paradigm, and the Million Man March -- The Black Cultural Pathology Paradigm and George W. Bush's Faith-based and Fatherhood Initiatives -- "A Threat from Within": The Black Woman as Traitor in African American Thought and Politics -- Conclusion: "When and Where I Enter"-Gender and Black Feminist Praxis in the Study and Interpretation of Black Politics
Summary This compelling book examines the interrelationship between gender, race, narrative, and nationalism in black politics specifically and within American politics as a whole. Nikol Alexander-Floyd's new work highlights the critical role of race and gender, showing how they operate to define political discourse and to determine public policy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject African Americans -- Politics and government.
Black nationalism -- United States.
African Americans -- Politics and government
Black nationalism
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230605589
0230605583