The greatest taboo : homosexuality in Black communities /
Does Homosexuality Remain the Greatest Taboo in Black Culture? Is Homosexuality a European Cultural Imposition on Africans? Are You Black First or Queer? Delroy Constantine-Simms has compiled 28 powerful, provocative essays from academics and writers of all ethnic heritages, genders, and sexualities...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles, CA :
Alyson Books,
2001.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Summary: | Does Homosexuality Remain the Greatest Taboo in Black Culture? Is Homosexuality a European Cultural Imposition on Africans? Are You Black First or Queer? Delroy Constantine-Simms has compiled 28 powerful, provocative essays from academics and writers of all ethnic heritages, genders, and sexualities, including bell hooks, Earl Ofari Hutchinson. Seth Clark Silberman, Gregory Conerly, and Gloria Wekker, to explore the often volatile relationship black gay men and lesbians share with others of their race. The sweeping scope of The Greatest Taboo runs the gamut from a critical look at 19th-century slave quarters to postapartheid South Africa; from RuPaul to Wu-Tang Clan; from 1920s Harlem to 1995's Million Man March on Washington, providing a clear-eyed social, cultural, political, and historical view of both the transformation and continued repression of black lesbians and gay men. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | xx, 460 pages ; 23 cm |
| Awards: | Lambda Literary Award, 2001 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1555835643 9781555835644 |