Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America--An Anthology
by Herb Boyd (editor), Robert L. Allen (editor)
Description
This landmark anthology brings together more than one hundred selections by Black men, tracing the varied experiences of African American life across generations and literary forms. Through slave narratives, memoirs, essays, poetry, fiction, social history, and personal testimony, the collection explores identity, family, work, love, fatherhood, aging, race, gender, and political struggle. The contributors offer voices shaped by both vulnerability and resistance, revealing the complex realities of Black manhood in America without reducing them to a single story. Together, these writings form a wide-ranging cultural mosaic and an essential contribution to the understanding of American history and identity.
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One World
Published Jan 1, 1996
922 pages
ISBN: 9780345383174
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First Published
1995
Language
eng
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