Cultural Politics of Black Masculinity

Gordon, Edmund T.

doi:10.1525/tran.1997.6.1-2.36

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“…27,40,41 Others posit that barriers to traditional male role fulfillment encourage African-American men to reject traditional masculinity, and adopt patterns of healthcare use that contradict dominant male behavioral norms. [42][43][44][45] African-American men's enactment of masculinity while seeking healthcare might also depend on how they prioritize traditional male norms. Theorists 46 suggest that African-American men must attach a high degree of importance, or salience, to such norms before behavioral by-products of masculinity (i.e., healthcare seeking delays) manifest.…”

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Masculinity, Medical Mistrust, and Preventive Health Services Delays Among Community-Dwelling African-American Men

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BACKGROUND:The contribution of masculinity to men's healthcare use has gained increased public health interest; however, few studies have examined this association among African-American men, who delay healthcare more often, define masculinity differently, and report higher levels of medical mistrust than non-Hispanic White men. OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between traditional masculinity norms, medical mistrust, and preventive health services delays. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: A cross-sectional analysis using data from 610 African-American men age 20 and older recruited primarily from barbershops in the North, South, Midwest, and West regions of the U.S. (2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009). MEASUREMENTS: Independent variables were endorsement of traditional masculinity norms around self-reliance, salience of traditional masculinity norms, and medical mistrust. Dependent variables were selfreported delays in three preventive health services: routine check-ups, blood pressure screenings, and cholesterol screenings. We controlled for socio-demography, healthcare access, and health status. RESULTS: After final adjustment, men with a greater endorsement of traditional masculinity norms around self-reliance (OR: 0.77; 95% CI: 0.60-0.98) were significantly less likely to delay blood pressure screening. This relationship became non-significant when a longer BP screening delay interval was used. Higher levels of traditional masculinity identity salience were associated with a decreased likelihood of delaying cholesterol screening (OR: 0.62; 95% CI: 0.45-0.86). African-American men with higher medical mistrust were significantly more likely to delay routine check-ups (OR: 2.64; 95% CI: 1.34-5.20), blood pressure (OR: 3.03; 95% CI: 1.45-6.32), and cholesterol screenings (OR: 2.09; 95% CI: 1.03-4.23). CONCLUSIONS: Contrary to previous research, higher traditional masculinity is associated with decreased delays in African-American men's blood pressure and cholesterol screening. Routine check-up delays are more attributable to medical mistrust. Building on African-American men's potential to frame preventive services utilization as a demonstration, as opposed to, denial of masculinity and implementing policies to reduce biases in healthcare delivery that increase mistrust, may be viable strategies to eliminate disparities in African-American male healthcare utilization.KEY WORDS: masculinity; medical mistrust; preventive health services delays; African-American men.

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“…The reified account of masculinity has been challenged by several authors, and progressive scholarship on this subject should begin by interrogating this very category. Nevertheless, black masculinity is a "political problem" that justifies our theoretical engagement with this matter within white supremacist society (Gordon, 1997;Ferber, 2007).…”

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“…Thus, in conversations regarding the social construction of black masculinity, it is important to ask to which forces Black young men are responding when they engage in so-called deviant behavior (see Gordon 1997). Edmond Gordon (1997), for instance, urges us to see black men's practices as more than a "social problem," as mainstream literature has suggested. On the contrary, "[t]he 'problem' of black males, generally couched in psychological and sociological terms (eg, hypersexuality, deviance, immorality, delinquency, and criminality) must be thought of in political terms" (Gordon 1997:47).…”

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Narratives of violence: the white imagination, and the making of black masculinity in 'City of God'

Alves¹

2014

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The article explores the representation of young–black men in the 2002 film City of God. The film deploys 'pathological scripts' of Black masculinity in Brazil as criminal and deviant. The controlling image of Black men's bodies as a source of danger and impurity sustains Brazilian regime of racial domination, and the narratives of violence make explicit the ways in which the Brazilian nation is imagined though a racial underpinning. Blackness is consumed as an exotic commodity, yet is also understood as a threat to national harmony. The nation is, then, written and re–imagined as a racial paradise, but mostly by inscribing death on the black body.

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“…Others posit that barriers to traditional male role fulfillment encourage African American men to reject traditional masculinity and adopt patterns of health care use that contradict dominant male-behavioral norms (Abreu, Goodyear, Campos, & Newcomb, 2000;Aronson, Whitehead, & Baber, 2003;Gordon, 1997;Wade & Brittan-Powell, 2001). …”

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The objective of this research was to explore interview data to understand and characterize the nature of brotherhood in a sample of African American men at two historically Black colleges and universities. The authors used thematic analysis on semistructured interview data, collected by an ethnically diverse research team. Recruitment and interviews were conducted at two historically Black colleges and universities in Texas. Twenty African American men, 18 to 35 years old, were randomly selected from 62 recruited participants. Five categories framed brotherhood and health care utilization: (a) trust lessens individual barriers to action, (b) identity unites men through a process of authentication, (c) generations lead by example, (d) approaching life as a shared learning experience, and (e) social pressure and ridicule uphold collective action. Findings suggest that participants trust a group view, identify with the collective, and respond to social pressure to conform; therefore, brotherhood acts as a support mechanism, and its validation influences individual-level engagement and nonengagement.

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Cultural Politics of Black Masculinity

Cited by 63 publications

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Masculinity, Medical Mistrust, and Preventive Health Services Delays Among Community-Dwelling African-American Men

Masculinity, Medical Mistrust, and Preventive Health Services Delays Among Community-Dwelling African-American Men

Narratives of violence: the white imagination, and the making of black masculinity in 'City of God'

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