The Astronaut: Cultural Mythology and Idealised Masculinity interrogates the historical and cultural dynamics of one of the most revered icons of the 20th century. Analysing a diverse range of cultural representations the book postulates the construction of an intertextual mytho…
"' ... [A] carefully researched and thoroughly documented discussion of one of the most effective weapons against the Afrikan/Black Race-Family in recent times. Because of Baruti's clarity as an Afrikan sovereignist, the book is a weapon for us to use to combat those forces seek…
"Peter F. Murphy's purpose in this book is not to shock but rather to educate, provoke discussion, and engender change. Looking at the sexual metaphors that are so pervasive in American culture - jock, tool, shooting blanks, gang bang, and others even more explicit - he argues t…
Gender uncertainty in 21st century America: psychoanalysis widens the conversation -- Straight families making straight boys: phallic and relational threads in boys' early lives -- Gay boyhoods and fathers: the gay Oedipus & beyond -- Authenticity: men's struggle to live an ethi…