Black/Gay: The Harlem Renaissance, the Protest Era, and the Constructions of Black Gay Identity in the 1980s and 90s

Published by Michigan State University Press, 2011

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Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated card-stock wraps. From the publisher blurb, "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." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Frontis matter, 296 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

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Title
Black/Gay: The Harlem Renaissance, the Protest Era, and the Constructions of Black Gay Identity in the 1980s and 90s
Author
Dickel, Simon
Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Publication year
2011
Condition
As New
Binding
Softcover
Edition
First American Edition.
Dimensions
8vo 8" - 9" tall
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