by Brandon A. Jackson
Rutgers University Press, 2024
eISBN: 978-1-9788-2155-2 | Paper: 978-1-9788-2151-4 | Cloth: 978-1-9788-2152-1
Library of Congress Classification LC2781.J25 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification 378.1982996073

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
How do young Black men navigate the transition to adulthood in an era of labor market precarity, an increasing emphasis on personal independence, and gendered racism? In Brotherhood University, Brandon A. Jackson utilizes longitudinal qualitative data to examine the role of emotions and social support among a group of young Black men as they navigate a “structural double bind” as college students and into early adulthood. While prevailing stereotypes portray young Black men as emotionally aloof, Jackson finds that the men invested in an emotion culture characterized by vulnerability, loyalty, and trust, which created a system of mutual social support, or brotherhood, among the group as they navigated college, prepared for the labor market, and experienced romantic relationships. Ten years later, as they managed the early stages of their careers and considered marriage and child-rearing, the men continued to depend on the emotional vulnerability and close relationships they forged in their college years.