Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editors' Note: Black Masculinity Studies, Yesterday and Today / Mika'il Petin and Mark C. Hopson -- Foreword: The Sheer Force of Our ReImagination - Exploring Black Masculinity and the Public / Ronald L. Jackson II -- Introduction: On Reimagining / Mark C. Hopson and Mika'il Petin -- "Mama Knows Best": Exploring Black Men's Perceptions and Reimaginations of the Phrase "Mama's Boys" / Sakile K. Camara and Carmen M. Lee -- "She's Just a Friend (with Benefits)": Examining the Significance of Black American Boys' Partner Choice for Initial Sexual Intercourse / Tommy J. Curry and Ebony A. Utley -- Reverse Interest Convergence, Kaepernick, and Nike: An Educational Lobbyist Playbook for Equitable Funding by Investment in Urban Public Education / Aaron J. Griffen and Derrick Robinson -- Outkasted Black Masculinity: Shifting the Geographical and Performative Landscape of 1990s Hip Hop / Marquese McFerguson -- The Killing of Black Boys: A Collaborative Critical Autoethnography on "the Talk" / Mark C. Hopson, Gina Castle Bell, and Richard Craig -- A Conversation on Black Masculinity with Principal John Hawkins Snowdy of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys / Kimberly Moffitt -- (Re)educating Boys and Men of Color by Shaping Community Support / Kenneth Brown -- "We Demand an Equal Show Upon Matters Effecting Our Industrial Welfare": Black Manhood, and Labor Activism in Early Jim Crow Illinois / Alonzo M. Ward -- The Essence of the Black Man: An Exploration of Black Masculinity Through Double Consciousness in Native Son / Isaih Dale -- The Battle of the New Age Black, Male Hero and Hegemonic/Toxic Masculinity: An Examination of the Representations of Black Masculinity in Black Panther / Erika M. Thomas and Malcolm D. Gamble -- "Me Miran Raro": Bad Bunny and the Creation of a New Discursive Space in Latin Trap Music / Larissa Hernandez -- Dual Socialization and Black Academic Intellectuals: A Research Report / Rutledge Dennis -- Afterword: The Beautiful Ones Were Born Sometime Ago / Mark Anthony Neal.

Reimagining Black Masculinities addresses how Black masculinities are created, negotiated, and contested in public spaces, focusing on how theory meets praxis when mobilizing for social change. Contributors disentangle complexities of the Black experience and reimagine the radical progressive work required for societal health and wellbeing, forming a mental picture of what the world has the potential to be without excluding current realities for Black boys and men, civic manhood, maleness, and the fluidity of masculinities. These realities are acknowledged and interrogated across private and public contexts, media, education, occupation, and theoretical perspectives. This book encourages readers to reenvision social identity as an ongoing phenomenon, asserting that collective vision informs action and collective action informs possibilities for peace and freedom in the world around us. Scholars of communication, gender studies, and race studies will find this book particularly.