Understood only vaguely by white America as a matter of style, cool is, in fact, an American black man's way of staying alive. Writing from a woman's perspective, Marlene Connor reveals what cool is today and why it is such an important factor in African-American life.

What Is Cool?: Understanding Black Manhood in America

Politics & Social Sciences

Connor, Marlene Kim

Social Sciences

Crown

When your son or daughter is getting married, you are bursting with memories, advice, and suggestions for the new family. This fill-in book is the place to share your most treasured memories with the person your child will spend the rest of his or her life with. As you follow prompts and questions in the text, forgotten details and amusing stories will emerge. Before long, you’ll have compiled a treasury of your family’s life and times that, when presented to a new son- or daughter-in-law, will make them feel loved and at ease in a way no other gift can. A gift that says “welcome” with sincerity and spirit, this book will be a joy to fill out and a beloved keepsake for generations to come.

Welcome to the Family: Memories of the Past for a Bright Future

Reference

Broadway

A profound, personally engaged anatomy of the codes that have shaped, and continue to shape, black manhood. Marlene Kim Connor reveals cool as a vital code of behaviors and attitudes that plays an often disregarded role in shaping the conception of manhood among young black boys. In this thoughtful, impassioned and provocative book, Connor uncovers cool’s history, explores its essence, and explains why, even though it deserves praise, cool often becomes an insidious force affective black American life today.

Agate Bolden

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What Is Cool?: Understanding Black Manhood in America

Welcome to the Family: Memories of the Past for a Bright Future

What Is Cool?: Understanding Black Manhood in America