Outside Sources
Below is a list of scholarly articles and books that relate to the main themes of our project. While some of these sources are used throughout our project to further explain power and dominance types, other sources are only used here as a reference to our viewers to help emphasize the prevalence of dominances in the world around us and, in particular, in the black community.
"Black Sexual Politics"
Patricia Hill Collins' book "Black Sexual Politics" focuses on the relationship between race, gender, and sexuality. She discusses specific themes, such as images of black masculinity, sexual violence, and HIV/AIDS while highlighting the overall theme of race, gender, and sexuality. We reference back to "Black Sexual Politics" multiple times throughout our website because it introduces the three dominance types as well as emphasizes the prevalence of dominance within relationships, relates dominances to race, and addresses certain problem areas that power distribution within relationships causes. Click here to access an excerpt of "Black Sexual Politics".
"Black Feminist Thought
"Black Feminist Thought", by Patricia Hill Collins, reflects and expands on the ideas of many famous black feminists. Some of the main themes that Collins deeply discusses are heterosexism as a system of power, images of black womanhood, and the importance of social class and nationalism. She also introduces certain aspects of the development in black cultural studies, such as in black popular culture. "Black Feminist Thought" is used in our project to help define sexual dominance and further emphasize the notion of sexual dominance within the black community. Click here to access an excerpt of "Black Feminist Thought".
"Black Sexuality: A Test of Two Theories"
This article, by Martin Weinberg and Collin Williams, focus on the differences of sexuality and sexual dominance between black relationships and white relationships. The two main hypotheses that are emphasized throughout the article are that "black men and women are more sexually permissive than white men and women" and "differences in sexual permissiveness between black men and women are less than for white men and women because of the power of of the black women in determining family status". Comparing these statements to Break Any Woman Down, you can find instances of the sexuality within black relationships being more open and free, such as in the short story "Break Any Woman Down." Click here to access this article. *Note: this article can only be accessed with an MSU NetID and Password.
"Black Males and Violence"
In "Black Makes and Violence", William Oliver and Richard Majors describe the violent behaviors among black males. Their main focus throughout this article is to establish a discussion about the prevention, policy, and research strategies that explain "the causes" and the major consequences of the high rate of black male violence. This article makes multiple connections to our "Physical Dominance" page and, in particular, the link to physical dominance within the black community. There are also many instances of physical dominance in Break Any Woman Down that can be further explained by the studies and research found in this article. Click here to access this article.
"Black Male-Black Female Relationships: The Perceptions of 155 Middle-Class Black Men"
Noel Cazenave wrote this article in order to summarize and share the results of questionnaire responses that 155 middle class black men provided regarding their perceptions of the problems affecting black male-black female relationships. A common theme that multiple men shared was that black women are provided with more opportunity than black men. The respondents who appeared to have a negative perception of black male-black female relationships prefer traditional gender roles for men and women. Overall, the men stated that the most important issues affecting black male-black female relationships depend on social, political, and economic statuses. There are a few stories in Break Any Woman Down that have black relationships that can be directly connected to this article. Click here to access this article. *Note: this article can only be accessed with an MSU NetID and Password.