Loud men: the poetic visions of Robert Bly, Ice Cube, and Etheridge Knight.

From: The Journal of Men's Studies | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: Seelow, David | Copyright information

The works of male poets Robert Bly, Ice Cube, and Etheridge Knight can be examined within the context of "loudness." Bly has been an outspoken critic of US culture and an advocate for social change since the 1970s, Ice Cube is one of the most political rappers, and Knight uses grief and fierceness to escape literal and figurative prison cells. There is a dangerous, ambiguous "silence" in the works of these writers masked by their loudness.

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Loud men: the poetic visions of Robert Bly, Ice Cube, and Etheridge Knight.
The Journal of Men's Studies ; This paper describes three poets, Robert By, Ice Cube, and Etheridge Knight, and their poetic representations of masculinity. Their works are examined using the theoretical frame of loudness. Each poet's work exemplifies both a positive quality associated with loudness as well as a dangerous