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Strategic Alterations and Afro-Asian Connections in Paul Beatty’s Tuff
- Mosaic: an interdisciplinary critical journal
- Mosaic, an interdisciplinary critical journal
- Volume 51, Number 1, March 2018
- pp. 55-70
- 10.1353/mos.2018.0004
- Article
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Abstract:
This essay argues that Paul Beatty’s Tuff does not simply employ or reverse stereotypes, but rather uses Afro-Asian connections to strategically alter stereotypes of urban black masculinity. In doing so, Beatty demonstrates the potential influences of polyculturalism on racial identification and affiliations.