Appealing Because He Is Appalling Black Masculinities, Colonialism, and Erotic Racism

• Other Authors: Kitossa, Tamari (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Edmonton, AB University of Alberta Press 2021
• Subjects: JHB; JF; DS; hypermasculinity; men's studies; sexuality; virility; white supremacy; whiteness; homophobia; queerphobia; homoerotic; slavery; patriarchy; feminism; human rights; dancehall; romance tourism; sexual tourism; Black Phallic Fantastic; krip-hop
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This collection invites us to think about how African-descended men are seen as both appealing and appalling, and exposed to eroticized hatred and violence and how some resist, accommodate, and capitalize on their eroticization. Drawing on James Baldwin and Frantz Fanon, the contributors examine the...