Bad men : creative touchstones of Black writers
American literature African American men in literature African American boys Villains in literature African Americans Criticism, interpretation, etc
University of Virginia Press
2020
EISBN 9780813944142
Intro.
Contents.
Preface.
Introduction.
Part 1. Bad Men.
1. A Poetic Trilogy of Bad Men.
2. Rebellious Ex-Slaves as Poetic Muses.
3. Sellouts as Muses.
Part 2. Black Boys.
4. The Sagas of Huey and Riley Freeman.
5. Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, and Creative Productivity.
Conclusion.
Acknowledgments.
Appendix.
Notes.
Discography.
Selected Bibliography.
Index
"This book examines the bad man as a central, recurring, misunderstood, and understudied figure in African American literature, music, and other forms. It analyzes how various iterations of bad black men and black boys serve as creative muse and inspiration for literary production. It puts a variety of contemporary African American literary and cultural works in conversation with "creativity theory.""--
Contents.
Preface.
Introduction.
Part 1. Bad Men.
1. A Poetic Trilogy of Bad Men.
2. Rebellious Ex-Slaves as Poetic Muses.
3. Sellouts as Muses.
Part 2. Black Boys.
4. The Sagas of Huey and Riley Freeman.
5. Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, and Creative Productivity.
Conclusion.
Acknowledgments.
Appendix.
Notes.
Discography.
Selected Bibliography.
Index
"This book examines the bad man as a central, recurring, misunderstood, and understudied figure in African American literature, music, and other forms. It analyzes how various iterations of bad black men and black boys serve as creative muse and inspiration for literary production. It puts a variety of contemporary African American literary and cultural works in conversation with "creativity theory.""--
