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...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Catapult,
2024.
|
| Edition: | First Catapult edition. |
| Subjects: |
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.