Breaking the Silence

Klappentext Can black males offer useful insights on black women and patriarchy? Many black feminists are doubtful. Their skepticism derives in part from a history of explosive encounters with black men who blamed feminism for stigmatizing black men and undermining racial solidarity and in part from a perception that black male feminists are opportunists capitalizing on the current popularity of black women's writing and criticism. In Breaking the Silence! David Ikard goes boldly to the crux of this debate through a series of provocative readings of key African American texts that demonstrate the possibility and value of a viable black male feminist perspective. Zusammenfassung Can black males offer useful insights on black women and patriarchy? David Ikard offers a series of provocative readings of key African American texts that demonstrate the possibility and value of a viable black male feminist perspective.

Autorentext

David Ikard is an assistant professor of English at the University of Tennessee. He lives in Knoxville with his wife and two children.

Zusammenfassung
Can black males offer useful insights on black women and patriarchy? David Ikard offers a series of provocative readings of key African American texts that demonstrate the possibility and value of a viable black male feminist perspective.