J Armengol: 1 book
Masculinities in Black and White
Manliness and Whiteness in (African) American Literature
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Inverting the traditional focus of ethnic studies on blackness as the object of scrutiny, this book explores dominant forms of white masculinity as seen by African American authors placed alongside certain white writers. Author analyzes texts by Herman Melville, Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Frederick Douglass, and James Baldwin.
