| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 575 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
G.R.I.T.S. : stories of growing up black, female, and queer -- It's thick here : race, gender, and sexuality in the South -- Does your mama know? : motherhood and mother-daughter relationships -- Walk like a man, talk like a woman : gender nonconformity -- I found God in myself and I loved her fiercely : religion and spirituality -- A taste of honey : sex among women who love women -- I'm sweet on you : stories of love, courtship, and intimacy -- The work my soul was called to do : art and activism -- My soul looks back and wonders : stories of perseverance and hope -- Salsa soul sister : Aida Rentas -- Being human is a dangerous thing: Cherry Hussain -- I'm happy as hell : Gwen Cubit -- I'm just a black woman in America: Lori Wilson -- I'm alright with who I am :"'Ida Mae" -- Books saved my life : Mary Anne Adams -- A poet's response |
| Summary |
"Drawn from the life narratives of more than seventy African American queer women who were born, raised, and continue to reside in the American South, this book powerfully reveals the way these women experience and express racial, sexual, gender, and class identities--all linked by a place where such identities have generally placed them on the margins of society. Using methods of oral history and performance ethnography, E. Patrick Johnson's work vividly enriches the historical record of racialized sexual minorities in the South and brings to light the realities of the region's thriving black lesbian communities. At once transcendent and grounded in place and time, these narratives raise important questions about queer identity formation, community building, and power relations as they are negotiated within the context of southern history. Johnson uses individual stories to reveal the embedded political and cultural ideologies of the self but also of the listener and society as a whole. These breathtakingly rich life histories show afresh how black female sexuality is and always has been an integral part of the patchwork quilt that is southern culture."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 24, 2018) |
| Subject |
African American lesbians -- Southern States -- Biography
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African American lesbians -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
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African American lesbians -- Southern States -- History -- 21st century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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African American lesbians
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Southern States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781469641119 |
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1469641119 |
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9781469641126 |
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1469641127 |
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