Searching for the New Black Man: Black Masculinity and Women's Bodies

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SEARCHING FOR THE NEW BLACK MAN This page intentionally left blank SEARCHING FOR THE NEW BLACK MAN Black Masculinity and Women’s Bodies Ronda C. Henry Anthony University฀Press฀of฀MississiPPi฀•฀Jackson Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies www.upress.state.ms.us The University Press of Mississippi is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Copyright © 2013 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America First printing 2013 ∞ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Henry Anthony, Ronda C. Searching for the New Black Man : Black Masculinity and Women’s Bodies / Ronda C. Henry Anthony. pages cm. — (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61703-734-4 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-161703 -735-1 (ebook) 1.American literature—African American authors—History and criticism. 2. Masculinity in literature. 3. Femininity in literature. 4. Human body in literature. I. Title. PS153.N5H468 2013 810.9’896073—dc23 2012044792 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available To those who have already completed the journey, Gwendolyn Marie, Albert Lee, Lula Carter, Antonius Delano, Sue Elizabeth, and Lester Taylor, as well as to those still laboring in the vineyard, William Henry, Carolyn Camp, and Ronald Lee. God and your labors of love made this possible. I pay humble and loving homage to you all. This page intentionally left blank ...