Malcolm X, Sexual Hearsay, and Masculine Dissemblance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4869084 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Khary Polk, Khary Oronde Polk (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 568-584 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-4962 • E-ISSN: 1529-1456 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bio.2013.0029 |
| OpenAlex | W2032391662 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Noting the use of rumor within African American communities as a form of dissemblance, this essay examines the controversial reception of Manning Marable's posthumous biography of Malcolm X, which resuscitates speculation that the slain civil rights icon engaged in sex work with white men during the 1940s. I consider how the denial of these rumors shapes our understanding and memory of Malcolm X while pointedly questioning whether such tools have outlived their usefulness as methods of resistance in the black public sphere
Art history · Biography · Denial · Hearsay · Icon · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Queer · Rumor · Sociology · Speculation · American Political and Social Dynamics · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
Interzones
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Silences Broken, Silences Kept
Beyond The Sound of Silence
Modern Legend and Rumor Theory
À propos du livre Malcolm X
Negotiating Difference
It's A Business Doing Pleasure With You
X Marks the Plots
William Styron's Nat Turner
Rape and the Inner Lives of Black Women in the Middle West
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |