TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - African American Feminist Masculinities: Personal Narratives of Redemption, Contamination, and Peak Turning Points
JO  - Journal of humanistic psychology
A1  - White, Aaronette M.
SP  - 255
EP  - 280
VL  - 46
IS  - 3
N2  - This descriptive study focuses on the qualitative meanings of feminist Black men's lives, gleaned from narrative patterns inherent in their life stories. The intent of the study was to understand how each man evolved a feminist masculinity and his ability to change. Turning points were categorized as redemption (a positive experience following a negative experience), peak (a positive experience following another positive experience), or contamination (a negative experience following a positive experience). Most turning points were categorized as redemption narrative sequences, followed by peak, then contamination accounts. These narrative accounts help us to understand key life episodes that led some African American men to accept feminism as a guide for reconstructing their definitions and practices of masculinity<p /> 
LA  - 
SN  - 0022-1678
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022167806286262
ID  - ref1
ER  -