| Writing Manhood in Black and Yellow: Ralph Ellison, Frank Chin, and the Literary Politics of Identity Contributor(s): Kim, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804751099 ISBN-13: 9780804751094 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: "Through the works of Ralph Ellison and Frank Chin, Kim examines cultural representations of African-American and Asian-American masculinity. He highlights the language of gender and sexuality that writers use to depict the psychological injuries inflicted on men of color and explains the ways that homosexuality comes to function as a powerful symbol for a feminizing racism."-- Reference & Research Book News |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 810.992 |
| LCCN: 2005009124 |
| Series: Asian America |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.94" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Ethnic Orientation - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines cultural representations of African American and Asian American masculinity, focusing primarily on the major works of two influential figures, Ralph Ellison and Frank Chin. It highlights the language of gender and sexuality that writers use to depict the psychological injuries inflicted by racism on men of color--a language that relies on metaphors of emasculation. The book focuses on how homosexuality comes to function as a powerful symbol for a feminizing racism, and explains why this disturbing symbolism proves to be so rhetorically and emotionally effective. This study also explores the influential concept of literature that these writers promote--a view of writing as a cultural and political activity capable of producing the most virile and racially authentic forms of manhood. In comparing African American and Asian American writings, this book offers the first scholarly account of how black and yellow conceptions of masculinity are constructed in relation to each other. |