| We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity Contributor(s): Hooks, Bell (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415969271 ISBN-13: 9780415969277 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: bell hooks assures her readers that the crisis affecting the black male spirit must--and can--be addressed. In this taboo-breaking book she names the strategies that can ensure black males live fully and well. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Men's Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 305.388 |
| LCCN: 2003016951 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.2" W x 9.06" (0.66 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news, writes bell hooks. If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse. In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title--WeReal Cool; her subject--the way in which both white society and weak black leaders are failing black men and youth. Her subject is taboo: this is a culture that does not love black males: they are not loved by white men, white women, black women, girls or boys. And especially, black men do not love themselves. How could they? How could they be expected to love, surrounded by so much envy, desire, and hate? |