Against the Closet: Black Political Longing and the Erotics of Race
Table of Contents:
Introduction. Against the Closet: Racial Identity and the Bodily Basis/Biases of Sexual Identity, 1. "The Strangest Freaks of Despotism": Queer Sexuality in Antebellum African American Slave Narratives, 2. Iconographies of Gang Rape: Or, Black Enfranchisement, White Disavowal, and the (Homo)erotics of Lynching, 3. Desire and Treason in Mid-Twentieth-Century Political Protest Fiction, Recovering the Little Black Girl: Incest and Black American Textuality, and Conclusion. In Memoriam: Michael Jackson, 1958-2009.
Against the Closet: Black Political Longing and the Erotics of Race
Topic:
African Americans -- Race identity, African Americans -- Sexual behavior, United States -- Race relations -- History, Queer theory, Identity (Psychology), United States, and History
