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Teens, race, and masculinity in the 1990s

Explore how representations of black men were disrupted in the 1990s, focusing on Singleton's "Boyz N the Hood" and historical context. Analyze tropes, limitations, and strengths in defining black masculinity.

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Teens, race, and masculinity in the 1990s

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  1. Teens, race, and masculinity in the 1990s FMS 394: Lesson 11

  2. Guiding questions • What is going on in the early 1990s (and the years leading up to that period) that shape discourses of race, youth, and masculinity? • What are the patterns of representing black men that Boyz N the Hood disrupts? • How does Singleton’s film “demythologize” tropes of black masculinity? What new representations does he offer? What are their strengths and limitations?

  3. Historical Context: the 1990s • “The dramatic decline in black male life” (Dyson, 121) • Black men as victims and villains • Rodney King • Rap Music and Resistance

  4. Representing black men • Long history of stereotypes • Symbolic annihilation • Popular film vs. other media • Cooley High (1975)

  5. Boyz n the hood (1991) • Coming of age in the urban ghetto • Specific NOT universal experience • How is manhood defined? How does one achieve it? • What are the limitations of this vision of masculinity?

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