"It Looks Like a Demon": Black Masculinity and Spirituality in the Age of Ferguson. Issue 2 (June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hawley, Jamie D.; Flint, Staycie L.
• Other Names: Watkins Daphne C. guest-editor.; Patton Desmond U. guest-editor.; Miller Reuben J. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of men's studies. Volume 24:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 208
• Page End: 212
• Publication Date: 2016-06
• Subjects: Whiteness -- Black men -- masculinity -- police state; Men's studies -- Periodicals; Men -- Periodicals; Men's movement -- Periodicals; Masculinity -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 155.332
• DOI: 10.1177/1060826516641107
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1060-8265

Abstract

In this commentary, we contribute to the broader men's studies research and thought with particular focus on the Black male experience locating Black masculinity and Black spiritual identity as the potential site of trauma and soul murder through the saga of Ferguson, Missouri and the Mike Brown murder of 2014.