Masculinity Under Construction: Literary Re-Presentations of Black Masculinity in the African Diaspora Renée Watson (Author) For expert and general audiences

For expert and general audiences alike

this volume contains thirty-eight readings that are divided into four parts

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Masculinity Under Construction: Literary Re-Presentations of Black Masculinity in the African Diaspora Renée Watson (Author) For expert and general audiencesMasculinity Under Construction: Literary Re Presentations of Black Masculinity in the African Diaspora analyzes Black male identity as constructed by Black male authors. In each chapter, Dr. Jefferson James discusses a different "construction" or definition of masculine identity produced by men of African descent on the continent of Africa, in the Caribbean, and in North America. Combing through the works of James Baldwin, Chinua Achebe, Ralph