Black/Gay: The Harlem Renaissances, the Protest Era, and the Constructions of Black Gay Identity in the 1980s and '90s - Couverture souple

Dickel, Simon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1611860091 ISBN 13 : 9781611860092

Editeur : Michigan State University Press, 2012

Synopsis

This book explores key texts of the black gay culture of the 1980s and ’90s. Starting with an analysis of the political discourse in anthologies such as In the Life and Brother to Brother, it identifies the references to the Harlem Renaissance and the Protest Era as common elements of black gay discourse. This connection to African American cultural and political traditions legitimizes black gay identity and criticizes the construction of gay identity as white. Readings of Isaac Julien’s Looking for Langston, Samuel R. Delany’s “Atlantis: Model 1924” and The Motion of Light in Water, Melvin Dixon’s Vanishing Rooms, Randall Kenan’s A Visitation of Spirits, and Steven Corbin’s No Easy Place to Be demonstrate how these strategies of signifying are used in affirmative, humorous, and ironic ways.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Michigan State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1611860091
• ISBN 13: 9781611860092
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
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