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Hill Collins, Patricia.

Black sexual politics African Americans, gender, and the new racism / [electronic resource] : Patricia Hill Collins. - New York : Routledge, 2004. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-365) and index.

Introduction: no turning back -- I. African Americans and the new racism -- Why black sexual politics? -- The past is ever present: recognizing the new racism -- Prisons for our bodies, closets for our minds: racism, heterosexism, and black sexuality -- II. Rethinking black gender ideology -- Get your freak on: sex, babies, and images of black femininity -- Booty call: sex, violence, and images of black masculinity -- Very necessary: redefining black gender ideology -- III. Toward a progressive black sexual politics -- Assume the position: the changing contours of sexual violence -- No storybook romance: how race and gender matter -- Why we can't wait: black sexual politics and the challenge of HIV/AIDS -- Afterword: the power of a free mind.

ISBN: 9780415930994 9780203309506 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Social conditions--1975-
African American men.
African American women.
Sex role--United States.
African Americans--Sexual behavior.
African Americans--Race identity.
Racism--United States.
Sexism--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Race relations.

LC Class. No.: E185.86 / .H668 2004