During the Civil War, the Union army, appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years of grueling war against the Confederates and to claim victory in 1865. But fractiousness bubbled below the surface of the North's presumably united front. This book reveals that these internal battles were fought against the backdrop of manhood.
An engaging and provocative analysis of the complex ways in which black masculinity has been read and misread through contemporary American popular culture
An engaging and provocative analysis of the complex ways in which black masculinity has been read and misread through contemporary American popular culture
Men and the Limits of Productivity in Nineteenth Century America
The 19th century witnessed an explosion of writing about unproductivity. This book documents this American obsession with unproductivity and its potentials, while offering an explanation of the profound significance of idle practices for literary and cultural production.
Men and the Limits of Productivity in Nineteenth Century America
Drawing on an impressive array of archival material and multifaceted literary and cultural sources, this book connects the question of unproductivity to other discourses concerning manhood, the value of art, the allure of the frontier, the usefulness of knowledge,the meaning of individuality, and the experience of time, space, and history.
Offers an inside look at how the four-million member National Rifle Association and its committed members come to see each and every gun control threat as a step down the path towards gun confiscation, and eventually socialism.
In Working With African American Men, Anderson J. Franklin demonstrates his integrative approach to working with this population. Most men come to therapy with reservations, and oftentimes these surround gender and identity issues. Therapists working with men often need to focus on connecting with the client before deeper therapeutic work can ......
Provides an orientation to men's (with an emphasis on middle and old age) experiences in a variety of interpersonal relationships as viewed from the dynamic perspectives of historical, social, and personal change over time. Contributors apply life-course or life-span concepts.
Blackness, Power, and Sexuality in the African American Literary Imagina
Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies, this title contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but, surprisingly, where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation.
Blackness, Power, and Sexuality in the African American Literary Imagina
Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies, this title contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but, surprisingly, where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation.
During the Civil War, the Union army-like the society from which it sprang-appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years of grueling war against the Confederates and to claim victory in 1865. This title reveals that these internal battles were fought against the backdrop of manhood.
