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9. “You’reTurning Me On”
The Boxer, the Beauty Queen, and the Rituals of Gender
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Michael Awkward
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vi
- Foreword x
- Acknowledgments xiv
- Introduction 1
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PART I: THE MILLION MAN MARCH
- 1. To March or Not to March:Two Op-eds 19
- 2. “Claiming” and “Speaking” Who We Are 28
- 3. Buck Passing 46
- 4. My Two Mothers, America, and the Million Man March 54
- 5. Sadomasochism and the Colorline 68
- 6. “Marchin’ On” 85
- 7. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man 99
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PART II: ENGENDERING BLACK RACIAL VICTIMHOOD
- 8. Pull Together as the Community 117
- 9. “You’reTurning Me On” 128
- 10. The Social Construction of a Rape Victim 147
- 11. The Construction of O. J. Simpson as a Racial Victim 159
- 12. Missing in Action 194
- 13. The Message of the Verdict 212
- 14. The Sexual Diversion 237
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PART III: ANTIRACIST DISCOURSE OUTED
- 15. Can the Queen Speak? 249
- 16. Signifying on the Black Church 276
- 17. Black Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights 283
- 18. My Gay Problem,Your Black Problem 303
- 19. Black Macho Revisited 306
- 20. On Eldridge Cleaver 312
- 21. Baraka’s Dilemma 317
- 22. AIDS in Blackface 324
- 23. Fixing the Faggot 338
- 24. The Elixir of Dennis Rodman 347
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PART IV: BLACK MALE FEMINISM, SEXISM, OR PATERNALISM?
- 25. A Black Man’s Place in Black Feminist Criticism 359
- 26. The Challenge and Possibility for Black Males to Embrace Feminism 383
- 27. The Women’s Liberation and the Gay Liberation Movements 387
- 28. Some African American Males’ Perspectives on the Black Woman 390
- 29. Silent Acquiescence 408
- 30. “You Cain’t Trus’ It” 414
- Epilogue 417
- Contributors 449
- Permissions 459
- Index 461
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vi
- Foreword x
- Acknowledgments xiv
- Introduction 1
-
PART I: THE MILLION MAN MARCH
- 1. To March or Not to March:Two Op-eds 19
- 2. “Claiming” and “Speaking” Who We Are 28
- 3. Buck Passing 46
- 4. My Two Mothers, America, and the Million Man March 54
- 5. Sadomasochism and the Colorline 68
- 6. “Marchin’ On” 85
- 7. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man 99
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PART II: ENGENDERING BLACK RACIAL VICTIMHOOD
- 8. Pull Together as the Community 117
- 9. “You’reTurning Me On” 128
- 10. The Social Construction of a Rape Victim 147
- 11. The Construction of O. J. Simpson as a Racial Victim 159
- 12. Missing in Action 194
- 13. The Message of the Verdict 212
- 14. The Sexual Diversion 237
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PART III: ANTIRACIST DISCOURSE OUTED
- 15. Can the Queen Speak? 249
- 16. Signifying on the Black Church 276
- 17. Black Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights 283
- 18. My Gay Problem,Your Black Problem 303
- 19. Black Macho Revisited 306
- 20. On Eldridge Cleaver 312
- 21. Baraka’s Dilemma 317
- 22. AIDS in Blackface 324
- 23. Fixing the Faggot 338
- 24. The Elixir of Dennis Rodman 347
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PART IV: BLACK MALE FEMINISM, SEXISM, OR PATERNALISM?
- 25. A Black Man’s Place in Black Feminist Criticism 359
- 26. The Challenge and Possibility for Black Males to Embrace Feminism 383
- 27. The Women’s Liberation and the Gay Liberation Movements 387
- 28. Some African American Males’ Perspectives on the Black Woman 390
- 29. Silent Acquiescence 408
- 30. “You Cain’t Trus’ It” 414
- Epilogue 417
- Contributors 449
- Permissions 459
- Index 461