An examination of the interrelationship between gender, race, narrative, and nationalism in black politics specifically within American politics as a whole. The author not only highlights the critical role of race and gender, she goes further to show how they operate to define political discourse and to determine public policy.

Autorentext
NIKOL G. ALEXANDER-FLOYD is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Virginia Tech University, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction Towards a Black Feminist Frame of Reference: Gender, Nationalism and the Ironies of Black Politics "We Shall Have Our Manhood:" Black Macho, the Black Cultural Pathology Paradigm, and the Million Man March Black Nationalism Goes to Washington: The Black Cultural Pathology Paradigm and Contemporary Social Policy "A Threat from Within:" The Black Woman as Traitor in African American Political Thought and Practice "But Some of Us Are [Still] Brave" - On the Promise and Perils of Feminist Praxis Epilogue