Acknowledgements
Introduction: No Turning Back
I. African Americans and the New Racism
1. Why Black Sexual Politics?
2. The Past Is Ever Present: Recognizing the New Racism
3.Prisons for Our Bodies, Closets for Our Minds: Racism,
Heterosexism, and Black Sexuality
II. Rethinking Black Gender Ideology
4. Get Your Freak On: Sex, Babies, and Images of Black
Femininity
5. Booty Call: Sex, Violence, and Images of Black Masculinity
6. Very Necessary: Redefining Black Gender Ideology
III. Toward a Progressive Black Sexual Politics
7. Assume the Position: The Changing Contours of Sexual
Violence
8. No Storybook Romance: How Race and Gender Matter
9. Why We Can't Wait: Black Sexual Politics and the Challenge of
HIV/AIDS
Afterword: The Power of a Free Mind
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Patricia Hill Collins is Distinguished University Professor at University of Maryland. She is author of Black Feminist Thought, which won the C. Wright Mills Award of the American Sociological Association, as well as Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search forJustice. She lectures widely in the U.S. and abroad.
"Patricia Hill Collins' brilliant and ground-breaking analysis of
the urgency of a more progressive Black sexual politics among
African Americans is nothing short of a 'tour de force.' This book
is sure to be a foundational text in Black gender studies and a
corrective to the continued erasure of gender and sexuality as
important issues in mainstream African American Studies
scholarship. Her foray into popular culture is particularly
insightful as is her sophisticated theoretical approach to Black
gender discourse around a number of issues including class
dimensions of masculinity, violence against women, and HIV/AIDS.
She demonstrates with extraordinary skill the bankruptcy of
gender-blind anti-racist politics in the 21st century. Her wake-up
call to Black America and the nation is heart-felt and piercing. No
more business-as-usual is the loud message!" -- Beverly
Guy-Sheftall, co-author of Gender Talk
"A leading scholar in the field of black feminist studies, Patricia
Hill Collins once again challenges readers to think differently,
this time about sexuality in black communities. Collins argues for
a new black sexual politics, focused on liberating black women and
men and highlighting the role of culture in this struggle. This
book is sure to spark needed and timely debate." -- Cathy J. Cohen,
author of The Boundaries of Blackness
"A pathbreaking exploration of complex intersections of racism,
sexism, and heterosexism! Patricia Hill Collins shows how
unhealthy sexual politics in black communities imbeds
white-generated images of stereotyped masculinity, femininity, and
sexuality. A well-documented argument for countering and replacing
the sexist-racist views of hyper-sexual, too-strong black women and
sexually irresponsible, too-weak black men both within and outside
black communities." -- Joe R. Feagin, author of Racist America
"Patricia Hill Collins has done it again! In her brilliant new
book, Collins deepens her analysis of the intersections and
hierarchies of race, gender, sexuality and class, and extends her
theoretical gaze with fresh and provocative interpretations of
black popular culture. Black Sexual Politics charts the subtle
evolution of a new racism that often goes undetected--and
unaccounted for--while grappling with the complexities and
contradictions within black life. This book is at once a
theoretical tour de force and a must-read for all who care about
the lives of black folk in the twenty-first century." -- Michael
Eric Dyson, author of Why I Love Black Women
"Collins expands the horizons of feminist and anti-racist thinking
about some of the most disturbing issues of the contemporary
post-civil rights era. Her focus on historical specificity of
African American conditions and struggles illuminates the contours
of--and strategies for--social justice projects in global as well
as local political contexts. This book makes a distinguished
contribution to critical theory and to classroom resources." --
Sandra Harding, editor of The FeministStandpoint Theory Reader
"This well written text...[is] strongly recommend for public and
academic libraries." -- Library Journal
"Black Sexual Politics is one of the most steaming mad books on
sexuality since the days of Andrea Dworkin...It constitutes a
breakthrough." -- Village Voice
"For the last 15 years Patricia Hill Collins has been one of the
defining voices of contemporary feminist and race scholarship...As
is true for many comparable works of such breadth, the primary
contribution of 'Black Sexual Politics' is not so much the new data
as it is the skillful synthesis and application of post civil
rights scholarship on contemporary culture...The result is a
race/class/gender/sexuality text-book on Black life that displays
the ongoing relevance and utility of such scholarship when
alchemically transformed through intersectionality. Indeed, I often
thought while reading this book that it would be an excellent way
to introduce students to race/class/gender/sexuality for it brings
the principles and data up-to-date." -- Contemporary Sociology
"Patricia Hill Collins' brilliant and ground-breaking analysis
of the urgency of a more progressive Black sexual politics among
African Americans is nothing short of a 'tour de force.' This book
is sure to be a foundational text in Black gender studies and a
corrective to the continued erasure of gender and sexuality as
important issues in mainstream African American Studies
scholarship. Her foray into popular culture is particularly
insightful as is her sophisticated theoretical approach to Black
gender discourse around a number of issues including class
dimensions of masculinity, violence against women, and HIV/AIDS.
She demonstrates with extraordinary skill the bankruptcy of
gender-blind anti-racist politics in the 21st century. Her wake-up
call to Black America and the nation is heart-felt and piercing. No
more business-as-usual is the loud message!" -- Beverly
Guy-Sheftall, co-author of Gender Talk
"A leading scholar in the field of black feminist studies, Patricia
Hill Collins once again challenges readers to think differently,
this time about sexuality in black communities. Collins argues for
a new black sexual politics, focused on liberating black women and
men and highlighting the role of culture in this struggle. This
book is sure to spark needed and timely debate." -- Cathy J. Cohen,
author of The Boundaries of Blackness
"A pathbreaking exploration of complex intersections of racism,
sexism, and heterosexism! Patricia Hill Collins shows how
unhealthy sexual politics in black communities imbeds
white-generated images of stereotyped masculinity, femininity, and
sexuality. A well-documented argument for countering and replacing
the sexist-racist views of hyper-sexual, too-strong black women and
sexually irresponsible, too-weak black men both within and outside
black communities." -- Joe R. Feagin, author of Racist
America
"Patricia Hill Collins has done it again! In her brilliant new
book, Collins deepens her analysis of the intersections and
hierarchies of race, gender, sexuality and class, and extends her
theoretical gaze with fresh and provocative interpretations of
black popular culture. Black Sexual Politics charts the
subtle evolution of a new racism that often goes undetected--and
unaccounted for--while grappling with the complexities and
contradictions within black life. This book is at once a
theoretical tour de force and a must-read for all who care about
the lives of black folk in the twenty-first century." -- Michael
Eric Dyson, author of Why I Love Black Women
"Collins expands the horizons of feminist and anti-racist thinking
about some of the most disturbing issues of the contemporary
post-civil rights era. Her focus on historical specificity of
African American conditions and struggles illuminates the contours
of--and strategies for--social justice projects in global as well
as local political contexts. This book makes a distinguished
contribution to critical theory and to classroom resources." --
Sandra Harding, editor of The FeministStandpoint
Theory Reader
"This well written text...[is] strongly recommend for public and
academic libraries." -- Library Journal
"Black Sexual Politics is one of the most steaming mad
books on sexuality since the days of Andrea Dworkin...It
constitutes a breakthrough." -- Village Voice
"For the last 15 years Patricia Hill Collins has been one of the
defining voices of contemporary feminist and race scholarship...As
is true for many comparable works of such breadth, the primary
contribution of 'Black Sexual Politics' is not so much the new data
as it is the skillful synthesis and application of post civil
rights scholarship on contemporary culture...The result is a
race/class/gender/sexuality text-book on Black life that displays
the ongoing relevance and utility of such scholarship when
alchemically transformed through intersectionality. Indeed, I often
thought while reading this book that it would be an excellent way
to introduce students to race/class/gender/sexuality for it brings
the principles and data up-to-date." -- Contemporary Sociology
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