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Inspired by a trickster figure in African American folklore also known as Jack who is the human analogue of Brer Rabbit. As a slave, John is a redemptive, transgressive, and resourceful figure who achieves advantages over “Old Massa” through motherwit, laughter, and song.
18 de mar. de 2020 · Traps : African American men on gender and sexuality. xix, 378 pages ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-352) and index The rights of women / Frederick Douglass -- Give women fair play / Frederick Douglass / -- I am a radical woman suffrage man / Frederick Douglass -- The Black woman of the south / Alexander ...
When You Divide Body and Soul, Problems Multiply: The Black Church and Sex 32. “Ain’t Nothin Like the Real Thing”: Black Masculinity, Gay Sexuality, and the Jargon of Authenticity
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...
Traps African American Men on Gender and Sexuality. Edited by Rudolph P. Byrd and Beverly Guy Sheftall. Published by: Indiana University Press
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...
1 de dic. de 1993 · 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.
