Black sexual politics : African Americans, gender, and the new racism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hill Collins, Patricia
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, [2004]
Subjects:	African Americans > Social conditions > 1975- African American men. African American women. Sex role > United States. African Americans > Sexual behavior. African Americans > Race identity. Racism > United States. Sexism > United States. United States > Race relations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: no turning back
I. African Americans and the new racism
Why black sexual politics?
The past is ever present: recognizing the new racism
Prisons for our bodies, closets for our minds: racism, heterosexism, and black sexuality
II. Rethinking black gender ideology
Get your freak on: sex, babies, and images of black femininity
Booty call: sex, violence, and images of black masculinity
Very necessary: redefining black gender ideology
III. Toward a progressive black sexual politics
Assume the position: the changing contours of sexual violence
No storybook romance: how race and gender matter
Why we can't wait: black sexual politics and the challenge of HIV/AIDS
Afterword: the power of a free mind.