My Pisces heart : a Black immigrant's search for home across four continents /

Jennifer Neal was born in the United States to a family that moved continuously for their own survival and well-being--from the Great Migration to the twenty-first century. As an adult, she has continued to travel the world as a Black queer woman, across two decades and four countries--from Japan to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neal, Jennifer (Author) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Catapult, 2024.
Edition:First Catapult edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Stick with the devil you know
  • Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi, Japan. The united colors of Gaijin ; The myth of homogeneity and the ballad of Yasuke ; The White myth of exposure and the ballad of Beyoncé-Sensei ; Tower of Babel ; Flowers return to their roots ; Problematizing the "meaning" of Japan ; Problematizing the "meaning" of solidarity
  • The Chi, Illinois, United States of America. That inescapable delicious feeling ; An American werewolf in Australia ; An Australian werewolf in America
  • Naarm (Melbourne), Victoria, Australia. The Blackface, the minstrel, and the golliwog ; Always was, always will be ; Fear of a Brown continent ; Anatomy of a nice guy ; Mythologizing the mixed baby ; Problematizing patriotism
  • Berlin, Germany. A graveyard of streets ; Nazis on the train ; Dance your fucking tits off, bitch ; My Pisces heart
  • All roads lead to Georgia
  • Epilogue. All roads lead to Georgia.