{"product_id":"black-gay-man-essays-9780814775035","title":"Black Gay Man: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe landmark book that established Robert Reid-Pharr as one of America's most exciting and challenging left intellectuals\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt turns autobiographical, political, literary, erotic, and humorous, \u003ci\u003eBlack Gay Man \u003c\/i\u003espoils our preconceived notions of not only what it means to be black, gay and male but also what it means to be a contemporary intellectual. Both a celebration of black gay male identity as well as a powerful critique of the structures that allow for the production of that identity, \u003ci\u003eBlack Gay Man\u003c\/i\u003e introduced the eloquent voice of Robert Reid-Pharr in cultural criticism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At once erudite and readable, the range of topics and positions taken up in \u003ci\u003eBlack Gay Man\u003c\/i\u003e reflect the complexity of American life itself. Treating subjects as diverse as the Million Man March, interracial sex, anti-Semitism, turn of the century American intellectualism as well as literary and cultural figures ranging from Essex Hemphill and Audre Lorde to W.E.B. DuBois, Frantz Fanon and James Baldwin, \u003ci\u003eBlack Gay Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold and nuanced attempt to question prevailing ideas about community, desire, politics and culture. Moving beyond critique, Reid-Pharr also pronounces upon the promises of a new America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert F. Reid-Pharr\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University. He is the author of four books: \u003ci\u003eArchives of Flesh: African America, Spain, and Post-Humanist Critique\u003c\/i\u003e (NYU Press, 2016), \u003ci\u003eOnce You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual \u003c\/i\u003e(NYU Press, 2007), \u003ci\u003e Black Gay Man: Essays\u003c\/i\u003e (NYU Press, 2001), and\u003ci\u003e Conjugal Union: The Body, the House, and the Black American\u003c\/i\u003e (1999)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413362381074,"sku":"9780814775035","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_39384c53-cac1-4b10-ab7e-51aeda524b00.jpg?v=1729352984","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-gay-man-essays-9780814775035","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}