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9781985901827: To Belong Here: A New Generation of Queer, Trans and Two-spirit Appalachian Writers
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ISBN 10 : 198590182X ISBN 13 : 9781985901827
Editeur : The University Press of Kentucky, 2025

Synopsis

Appalachia has long been flattened into a white, Christian, and conservative place. While many Appalachians embrace those labels, they fail to acknowledge the presence of communities of color and of queer, trans, and Two-Spirit people across the region. Religious fundamentalism, white supremacy, homophobia, and transphobia continue to oppress queer and gender-expansive Appalachians, especially Black, Brown, and Indigenous people. These realities have adversely affected queer and trans folks' ability to claim their rightful places within the region.  To Belong Here delves into how queer, trans, and Two-Spirit Appalachian people make sense of life in the mountains. Featuring contributors whose identities across race, gender, and socioeconomic background make for a uniquely intersectional look at the area, this collection provides a nuanced understanding of Appalachia and what it means to represent it. Themes of erasure, environmentalism, violence, kinship, racism, Indigeneity, queer love, and trans liberation course through the volume and exemplify the writers' resilience in reconciling their complex and often contradictory connections to home. A collective exploration of rejection and acceptance, To Belong Here calls for a more inclusive future in Appalachia—one where everyone can thrive.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rae Garringer is a writer, oral historian, and audio producer living on S'atsoyaha (Yuchi) and Saawanwaki (Shawnee) lands in southeastern West Virginia where they were raised. They are the founder of the multimedia oral history project and podcast Country Queers, and the author of Country Queers: A Love Letter.

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Éditeur
The University Press of Kentucky
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
198590182X
ISBN 13 
9781985901827
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
112
Éditeur
Garringer Rae
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