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A man among other men : the crisis of Black masculinity in racial capitalism
- Title
- A man among other men : the crisis of Black masculinity in racial capitalism / Jordanna Matlon.
- Author
- Matlon, Jordanna
- Publication
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
- ©2022
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- Description
- xi, 293 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book examines constructions of masculinity among men in the informal economy of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. It demonstrates how French colonial legacies and global media representations of Blackness anchor identity and value within labor, consumerism, and commodification" --
- Subject
- Masculinity > Economic aspects > Côte d'Ivoire > Abidjan
- Black people > Race identity > Economic aspects > Côte d'Ivoire > Abidjan
- Capitalism > Social aspects > Côte d'Ivoire > Abidjan
- Capitalism > Social aspects
- Masculinities
- Gender expression
- Masculinity
- Black people > Race identity
- Black people
- Capitalism
- Côte d'Ivoire > Abidjan
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: greatness in each man -- Tropes of Black masculinity -- The evolution of the wage labor ideal -- Producer, consumer, commodity, surplus -- Imaginaries of negation -- Acculturation as evolution -- Imaginaries of affirmation -- La crise -- Citoyens and citadins -- Political imaginaries -- VIP imaginaries -- The visual terrain of blackness -- Conclusion: with every grace and cuff link -- Postscript: reflections on intersections/infrastructure.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3065
- ISBN
- 9781501762864
- 1501762869
- LCCN
- 2021039981
- OCLC
- 1259401903
- Author
- Matlon, Jordanna, author.
- Title
- A man among other men : the crisis of Black masculinity in racial capitalism / Jordanna Matlon.
- Publisher
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3065