marley butler

This is my final year dissertation for Cultural Studies
I recently read this again and liked it and thought i would post it up. Its something i would like to write again when im older because i wont have a word limit, and thier are many things i wanted to put in but could not due to space.

Title and contents

Contemporary Complexities of Black Masculinity

Abstract
This work will present a set of studies that have contributed towards the formation of black masculine identity in the past, and which still may have significance in today’s world. The continuing notion that misogyny, sexism and homophobia are major elements of black masculinity is evident. Cultural phenomena where both capitalism and marketing strategies have led to a narrowing down of representations in media productions, has helped to define black masculinity to both black males and society in general. It is argued that these two trends have resulted in a crisis concerning the identity and formation of black masculinity, in which a range of diverse identities are no longer possible, as black masculinity has been narrowed down to specific attributes of a machismo identity, thus creating an unaccepted ‘other’. It is these issues which will be analysed during the course of this study.