Open AccessThe Modern Athlete, Hip-Hop, and Popular Perceptions of Black Masculinity
Author(s) -
Thabiti Lewis
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
ameriquests
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1553-4316
DOI - 10.15695/amqst.v6i1.146
Subject(s) - masculinity , situated , popular culture , gender studies , sociology , consumption (sociology) , perception , psychology , media studies , social science , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science
The essay explores how black masculinity is situated in modern popular culture) as violent and hyper-masculine, American nightmares. It also examines the racial and power dynamics at play that allow such reifications of the notion that black men as “dangerous” in arenas of mass/popular cultural consumption in American society—namely sport culture and hip hop.