A Man among Other Men : : The Crisis of Black Masculinity in Racial Capitalism / / Jordanna Matlon.
A Man among Other Men examines competing constructions of modern manhood in the West African metropolis of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Engaging the histories, representational repertoires, and performative identities of men in Abidjan and across the Black Atlantic, Jordanna Matlon shows how French...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Greatness in Each Man
- Part I. Theorizing Black Masculinity In Racial Capitalism
- 1. Tropes of Black Masculinity
- 2. The Evolution of the Wage Labor Ideal
- 3. Producer, Consumer, Commodity, Surplus
- Part II. Between Place And Imaginaries
- 4. Imaginaries of Negation
- 5. Acculturation as Evolution
- 6. Imaginaries of Affirmation
- 7. La crise
- Part III. Imaginaries In A Crisis Abidjan
- 8. Citoyens and citadins
- 9. Political Imaginaries
- 10. VIP Imaginaries
- 11. The Visual Terrain of Blackness
- Conclusion: With Every Grace and Cuff Link
- Postscript: Reflections on Intersections/Infrastructure
- Notes
- References
- Index