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OverviewMutilated, dying, or dead, black men play a role in the psychic life of culture. From national dreams to media fantasies, there is a persistent imagining of what black men must be. This book explores the legacy of that role, particularly its violent effect on how black men have learned to see themselves and one another. David Marriott draws upon popular culture, ranging from lynching photographs to current Hollywood film, as well as the ideas of key thinkers, including Frantz Fanon, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and John Edgar Wideman, to reveal a vicious pantomime of unvarying reification and compulsive fascination, of whites looking at themselves through images of black desolation, and of blacks dispossessed by that process. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David MarriottPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.241kg ISBN: 9780231122276ISBN 10: 0231122276 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 04 October 2000 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsProvocative and original. . . . A must-read. Author InformationDavid Marriott is lecturer in English at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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