Black male : representations of masculinity in contemporary American art

The popular image of African-American men has gone through several transformations since the rise of the Black Power movement in the late 1960s. This book, which is the catalogue of an exhibition that opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, in November 1994, chronicles these changing perceptions of African-American masculinity as interpreted in painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed-media work, as well as in film and video. My Brother / Thelma Golden -- The Black Screen : American Film And Media Arts In The Museum / John G. Hanhardt -- Can You Be Black And Look At This? : Reading The Rodney King Video(s) / Elizabeth Alexander -- He Is Truly Free Who Is Free From The Need To Be Free : A Survey And Consideration Of Black Male Genius / Greg Tate -- Black Masculinity, Labor, And Social Change / Valerie Smith -- Feminism Inside : Toward A Black Body Politic / Bell Hooks -- Walk-on Parts And Speaking Subjects : Screen Representations Of Black Gay Men / Phillip Brian Harper -- Rap Music And The Demonization Of Young Black Males / Tricia Rose -- The Gangsta And The Diva / Andrew Ross -- The Game / Clyde Taylor -- Black Masculinity And Visual Culture / Herman Gray -- The Black Man On Our Screens And The Empty Space In Representation / Ed Guerrero -- True Confessions / Kobena Mercer And Isaac Julien. Thelma Golden ; Preface By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; Essays By Elizabeth Alexander ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 201-210) And Filmography (p. 215-219).