Respectable: Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man

By Saida Grundy

Book Overview

The image of Black male success that Morehouse College promotes and celebrates is belied by many of the realities that challenge its students. Respectable gathers the experiences of former students and others connected to Morehouse to unveil a culture of confining ideas about respectable Black manhood in a context of relentless peer competition and sexual violence, measured against unattainable archetypes of idealized racial leadership. Saida Grundy, a graduate of Spelman College and a former "Miss Morehouse," crafts an incisive feminist and sociological account informed by personal insights and scholarly expertise. This book contextualizes and critiques what happens when an institution serves an idea of what Black men should be, at the expense of more fully understanding the many ways these young people see themselves. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520340396
• ISBN13: 9780520340398
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"