Raising the Bottom

Language: English

Published by Duke University Press, US, 2026

1478038616 / 9781478038610

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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent mass displacement of black neighborhoods in New Orleans, black queer performers redefined notions of belonging throughout the city. These unlikely figures, such as artists Big Freedia and Vockah Redu, played a significant role in calling the displaced back home and serving as beacons of hope. In Raising the Bottom, Alix Chapman engages in performance ethnography, taking to the stage while writing about the lives of these bounce artists and their extended community. He theorizes an epistemology of the bottom - a way of knowing, praxis, and aesthetic - which contests hierarchies of value that place black and queer bodies at the lowest rungs of the social ladder. By engaging in this bottom episteme, bounce performers leverage pleasure and coalition to transform collectives not meant to survive crisis and disaster. Raising the Bottom shows how black queer artists address, remix, and redirect stereotypes to amplify community power, pleasure, and solidarity.

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Title
Raising the Bottom
Author
Alix Chapman
Publisher
Duke University Press, US
Publication year
2026
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Paperback
Language
English
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1478038616
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9781478038610
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445 grams
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6 x 2 x 9 inches

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