Black sexual politics : African Americans, gender, and the new racism / Patricia Hill Collins.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hill Collins, Patricia.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2004.
Subjects:	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. United States > Race relations.

Table of Contents:

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.

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