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Exploring Black Sexuality Exploring Black Sexuality Robert Staples ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Oxford ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowmanlittlefield.com PO Box 317 Oxford OX29RU,UK Copyright © 2006 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Staples, Robert. Exploring black sexuality / Robert Staples. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-4658-5 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN -1 0: 0-7425-4658-6 (cloth: alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-4659-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-I0: 0-7425-4659-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. African Americans-Social conditions. 2. African Americans-Sexual behavior. 3. Sex customs-United States. I. Title. EI85.86.S725 2006 306.7089'96073-dc22 2005030691 Printed in the United States of America et::: :'.TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSIjNISO Z39.48-1992. To Dr. Alfred Kinsey, whose scientific breakthrough made this book possible, to Richard Pryor, who provided a racial perspective that showed sexual relationships could be fun if you didn't take them too seriously, and to the memory of Alphonso Pinkney, 1930-2005. Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Chapter 1 Sexuality on the Dark Continent 1 Chapter 2 The Myth of Black Sexual Superiority 17 Chapter 3 Images and Beliefs in Popular Culture 37 Chapter 4 Queer and Black in America 55 Chapter 5 Dating as a Sexual Adventure 79 Chapter 6 Sexual Theft and Other Crimes 99 Chapter 7 When Races Copulate 121 Chapter 8 Sexuality of the Rich and Famous 141 Chapter 9 Prostitutes, Pimps, and Pornography 157 Chapter 10 Black Sexuality in the Twenty-First Century 175 Conclusion 189 Index 203 About the Author 209 vii Acknowledgments During the thirty-five years of this book's evolution, a number of people con tributed to its development and content. Although all the research and preparation was done in the United States, most of the writing was com pleted in Melbourne, Australia. I hold an appointment as visiting research fellow in the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies at Monash University. My thanks to Professor Lynette Russell, director of the Centre, for the insti tutional support she provided, and to Diana Hettihewa for secretarial help and her friendly demeanor. All of the drafts and revisions were typed by the Publications Unit at Monash University under the direction of its manager, Ms. Laura Allen, and Ms. Beverly Higgins, her assistant. They served a greater function than word processors: their fast and accurate typing kept me constantly in a writing mode due to their fast completion rates. I am grateful to Alan McClare, acquisitions editor, who very capably han dled my manuscript, solicited reviews, and facilitated numerous aspects of publication. I thank Sheila-Katherine Zwiebel, production editor, who effi ciently coordinated all the tasks of bringing this book to fruition. I am heav ily indebted to her for getting the book out on schedule, for her attention to detail, and for answering e-mails in the middle of the night, something made necessary by my location in Melbourne, some eighteen hours ahead of the state of Maryland. Among my academic colleagues I wish to thank Dr. Robert Hall of North eastern University, who provided many helpful suggestions in the early stages of this book's development. Professor Paul Rosenblatt of the University of ix

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