Cool Pose - by Richard Majors (Paperback)

About the Book

Behind the mask of "cool"--a clear-eyed look at how African American inner-city youths defend themselves against the indignities, inequities, and injuries of ghetto life--a pose that leads to the real alienation of these young men from both the white world and their own communities.

Book Synopsis

From Simon & Schuster, Cool Pose explores the dilemmas of black manhood in America.

Behind the mask of cool--a clear-eyed look at how African American inner-city youths defend themselves against the indignities, inequities, and injuries of ghetto life--a pose that leads to the real alienation of these young men from both the white world and their own communities.

About the Author

Majors, a former Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School, is an Honorary Professor at University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. He is the coauthor of Cool Pose: The Dilemmas of Black Manhood in America, a Simon & Schuster book.