Are We Not Men?: Masculine Anxiety and the Problem of African-American Identity

by Phillip Brian Harper

Book Overview

In 1995, popular anxieties about black masculinity became evident in public reactions to the conclusion of the OJ Simpson trial and the Million Man March on Washington. The nation's divided response to the OJ verdict, together with the controversy surrounding Louis Farrakhan's call to black men to come together for a "day of atonement" brought issues of race and gender to the forefront of national debate.

In his timely and incisive book Are We Not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195126548
• ISBN13: 9780195126549
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"