{"product_id":"we-real-cool-black-men-and-masculinity-9780415969277","title":"We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity","description":"\"When women get together and talk about men, the news is almost always bad news,\" writes bell hooks. \"If the topic gets specific and the focus is on black men, the news is even worse.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title--\u003cem\u003eWe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eReal Cool\u003c\/em\u003e; her subject--the way in which both white society and weak black leaders are failing black men and youth. Her subject is taboo: \"this is a culture that does not love black males: \" \"they are not loved by white men, white women, black women, girls or boys. And especially, \u003cem\u003eblack men do not love themselves\u003c\/em\u003e. How could they? How could they be expected to love, surrounded by so much envy, desire, and hate?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415969277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.20w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/10\/2003 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 796\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2004 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bell Hooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174466384053,"sku":"9780415969277","price":46.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ae3670c8-f4e2-4224-845b-0c36ce4f5432.jpg?v=1716301615","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/we-real-cool-black-men-and-masculinity-9780415969277","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}