001480288 000__ 04996nam\a22008415i\4500 001480288 001__ 1480288 001480288 003__ DE-B1597 001480288 005__ 20231026035134.0 001480288 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480288 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480288 008__ 230918t20132013nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480288 020__ $$a9780814789407 001480288 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814789407.001.0001$$2doi 001480288 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547354 001480288 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480288 0410_ $$aeng 001480288 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480288 050_4 $$aE185.86$$b.N394 2013eb 001480288 072_7 $$aSOC002010$$2bisacsh 001480288 08204 $$a305.38/896073$$223 001480288 1001_ $$aNeal, Mark Anthony, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480288 24510 $$aLooking for Leroy :$$bIllegible Black Masculinities /$$cMark Anthony Neal. 001480288 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2013] 001480288 264_4 $$c©2013 001480288 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480288 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480288 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480288 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480288 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480288 4900_ $$aPostmillennial Pop ; ;$$v4 001480288 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tPreface -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction -- $$t1 A Foot Deep in the Culture -- $$t2 "My Passport Says Shawn" -- $$t3 The Block Is Hot -- $$t4 R. Kelly's Closet -- $$t5 Fear of a Queer Soul Man -- $$tPostscript -- $$tNotes -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480288 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480288 520__ $$aMark Anthony Neal's Looking for Leroy is an engaging and provocative analysis of the complex ways in which black masculinity has been read and misread through contemporary American popular culture. Neal argues that black men and boys are bound, in profound ways, to and by their legibility. The most "legible" black male bodies are often rendered as criminal, bodies in need of policing and containment. Ironically, Neal argues, this sort of legibility brings welcome relief to white America, providing easily identifiable images of black men in an era defined by shifts in racial, sexual, and gendered identities. Neal highlights the radical potential of rendering legible black male bodies-those bodies that are all too real for us-as illegible, while simultaneously rendering illegible black male bodies-those versions of black masculinity that we can't believe are real-as legible. In examining figures such as hip-hop entrepreneur and artist Jay-Z, R&B Svengali R. Kelly, the late vocalist Luther Vandross, and characters from the hit HBO series The Wire, among others, Neal demonstrates how distinct representations of black masculinity can break the links in the public imagination that create antagonism toward black men. Looking for Leroy features close readings of contemporary black masculinity and popular culture, highlighting both the complexity and accessibility of black men and boys through visual and sonic cues within American culture, media, and public policy. By rendering legible the illegible, Neal maps the range of identifications and anxieties that have marked the performance and reception of post-Civil Rights era African American masculinity. 001480288 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480288 546__ $$aIn English. 001480288 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023) 001480288 650_0 $$aAfrican American gay men. 001480288 650_0 $$aAfrican American men in popular culture. 001480288 650_0 $$aAfrican American men. 001480288 650_0 $$aMasculinity. 001480288 650_0 $$aMen$$xIdentity. 001480288 650_4 $$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social$$2sh. 001480288 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001480288 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tNew York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$z9783110706444 001480288 7760_ $$cprint$$z9780814758359 001480288 852__ $$bebk 001480288 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814789407$$zOnline Access 001480288 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1480288$$pGLOBAL_SET 001480288 912__ $$a978-3-11-070644-4 New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001480288 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001480288 912__ $$aEBA_CL_SN 001480288 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001480288 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001480288 912__ $$aEBA_ECL_SN 001480288 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001480288 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001480288 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001480288 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001480288 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001480288 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001480288 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001480288 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001480288 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001480288 980__ $$aBIB 001480288 980__ $$aEBOOK 001480288 982__ $$aEbook 001480288 983__ $$aOnline