&quote;Like Men They Stood&quote;: Black Male Vulnerability as Resistance to Stereotypes in Fiction Written by African American Women

What if vulnerability could reshape how we understand Black masculinity? "e;Like Men They Stood"e; reveals how late twentieth-century African American women authors represent Black men in ways that disrupt familiar readings of their portrayals as purely stereotypical. Through reframed interpretations, the book uncovers how Toni Cade Bambara, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Gloria Naylor deploy Bl...