Black sexual politics : African Americans, gender, and the new racism

There is a long history of sexualizing the black body with disastrous consequences - from lynchings in the South to the 'high-tech' lynchings of recent past.

Collins looks at the ways African-American women's bodies have always been on display, from Josephine Baker to Destiny's Child, and the contradictory images of black masculinity from Michael Jackson to Michael Jordan.

Collins also turns her gaze to sexualized love relationships, examining such important topics as black sexuality, black youth culture and sex, love across the colour line, violence and HIV/ AIDS.

In the tradition of her best-selling Black Feminist Thought, Collins turns her critical eye to the topics of race and sexuality, providing analysis of sex and sexuality in relation to not just black women, but black men as well, a significant departure for her work.