| Description |
1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : am I not a man and a brother? -- Man the guns -- A question of honor -- Freedom summer and the Mississippi movement -- God's angry men -- The Moynihan report -- I am a man! : the Memphis sanitation strike -- "The baddest motherfuckers ever to set foot inside of history" -- Conclusion : "the heartz of men." |
| Summary |
This explores key groups, leaders and events in the civil rights movement to understand how activists used race and manhood to articulate their visions of what American society should be. He demonstrates that both segregationists and civil rights activists harnessed masculinist rhetoric, tapping into assumptions about race, gender, and sexuality. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Civil rights. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements. |
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United States. |
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African American civil rights workers -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century.
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African American civil rights workers. |
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African American men -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century.
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African American men -- Attitudes. |
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects. |
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Masculinity -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Masculinity -- Political aspects. |
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Masculinity. |
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Sex role -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Sex role -- Political aspects. |
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Sexism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Sexism. |
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Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Racism. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Gender roles. |
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Sexism. |
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Racism. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Estes, Steve. I am a man!. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2005 0807829293 0807855936 (DLC) 2004019092 (OCoLC)56419637 |
| ISBN |
080787633X (electronic book) |
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9780807876336 (electronic book) |
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0807829293 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807829295 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807855936 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807855935 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
