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What's Sex Got to do with it Anyway? Race, Sex, and Gender in the Black Panther Party
dc.contributor.advisor | Nagel, Joane | |
dc.contributor.author | Coulter, Maureen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-26T21:50:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-11-26T21:50:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-05-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:12041 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10447 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper analyzes how members of the Black Panther Party represented themselves as men and women in their newspaper--The Black Panther. I analyze a sample of issues from 1967-1971 to understand gender dynamics within the Party and ask how the newspaper framed gender and sexuality on both individual and societal levels. I employ the concept of controlling images to understand better how these representations are both constructed and contested by members of the Party. I examine assumptions in previous scholarship that present the Panthers' framing of gender and sexuality in dichotomous terms and argue for a more nuanced understanding of gender and sexuality in the Black Panther Party. I find that the Panthers both embraced and contested hegemonic notions of sexuality, gender roles, and gender relations. | |
dc.format.extent | 43 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Sociology | |
dc.subject | African American studies | |
dc.subject | Gender studies | |
dc.title | What's Sex Got to do with it Anyway? Race, Sex, and Gender in the Black Panther Party | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Golash-Boza, Tanya | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Hill, Shirley | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Sociology | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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