Matlon, Jordanna

A man among other men: The crisis of black masculinity in racial capitalism - London Cornell University Press 2022 - xi, 293 p. Includes bibliographical reference and index

A Man among Other Men examines competing constructions of modern manhood in the West African metropolis of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Engaging the histories, representational repertoires, and performative identities of men in Abidjan and across the Black Atlantic, Jordanna Matlon shows how French colonial legacies and media tropes of Blackness act as powerful axes, rooting masculine identity and value within labor, consumerism, and commodification.

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