- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Constructing the Concept of Masculinity in black American men, 2011
- Creator:
- Keith, Ravon D.
- Date of Original:
- 2011-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Historically, and in literature, the concept of black masculinity is often viewed from a Euro-American perspective. This perspective makes the stages of progression to manhood problematic for black males. Since slavery, African American men have been hampered in their progress toward manhood based on the oppressors expedient notion that black males are incapable of self-actualization, a concept that was utilized to ensure that black males were always boys and, thus, more manageable. Recently, revisionist history, along with black authored literature, has resulted in a different perspective of black masculinity and black manhood. This thesis illustrates that Earnest Gainess A Gathering ofOld Men and Daniel Blacks They Tell Me ofA Home offer a new paradigm for black masculinity and manhood through the perspective of their black male characters. In Gaines and Blacks novels, black males redefine their own concepts of manhood by engaging in self-innovation through spirituality and by resisting racial oppression.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2011_keith_ravon_d
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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