Book Review: No More Invisible Man: Race and Gender in Men’s Work

Abstract

Reviews the book, No More Invisible Man: Race and Gender in Men's Work by A. Harvey Wingfield (2013). This book fills a major gap in the literature by making visible the experiences of the approximately 25 percent of black men who are employed in professional/managerial jobs in the United States. It places black professional men front and center using a powerful combination of Kanter’s theory of tokenism, intersectionality, and gendered organizations. Wingfield brings the matrix of domination to life by showing us 'how inequality affects men when they experience simultaneous privilege and disadvantage'. Wingfield calls for further research on how cross-racial and cross-gender interactions occur in various occupational contexts. Like this book, such research will allow us to better understand 'alliance politics' at work and will be an important step toward dismantling 'inequality regimes' within organizations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)