Title Our living manhood : literature, Black power, and masculine ideology / Rolland Murray

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2007]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction: Our Black Nations Reconsidered 1 -- 1 My Father's Many Mansions: James Baldwin and the Architecture of Masculine Authority 13 -- 2 The Clumsy Trap of Manhood: Revolutionary Nationalism, John Edgar Wideman, and Remembrance 40 -- 3 Dark Intimacies: Sex, Nationalism, and Forgetting 67 -- 4 How the Conjure-Man Gets Busy: Cultural Nationalism and Performativity 94 -- Conclusion: Masculine Legacies 114 Summary In Our Living Manhood, Rolland Murray examines how James Baldwin, John Edgar Wideman, Clarence Major, John Oliver Killens, and other writers challenged the Black Power movement's political commitment to masculinity in the 1960s Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-137) and index Notes Print version record Subject African American men -- Political activity -- History -- 20th century African American men -- Intellectual life -- 20th century American literature -- African American authors. Black power -- United States -- History -- 20th century Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 20th century African American men -- Intellectual life American literature -- African American authors Black power Masculinity Black power Literatur Männlichkeit Schwarze Amerikanistik Politisches Handeln United States USA Schwärze Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781512809565 151280956X

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