Introduction : in search of the fraternal
Wrestling for salvation : denial, longing, and the beauty of brotherhood in Go tell it on the mountain
Flight, freedom, and abjection : fractured manhood and tragic love in Giovanni's room
Alone in the absurd : the trope of tragic black manhood in Another country
Theatrics of mask-ulinity : radical male intimacy and black power in Tell me how long the train's been gone
Concrete jungles and the carceral : exploring confinement and imprisonment in If Beale Street could talk
Conclusion : somewhere in that wreckage.