"Whether engaged in same-sex desire or gender nonconformity, black queer individuals live with being perceived as a threat while simultaneously being subjected to the threat of physical, psychological, and socioeconomic injury. Attending to and challenging threats has become a defining element...

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1. Verfasser:	Avilez, GerShun 1980- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Urbana$aChicago$aSpringfield University of Illinois Press [2020]
Schriftenreihe:	The new black studies series
Schlagworte:	Rassismus Queer-Theorie Künstler Homosexualität Schwarze African American gays Gays, Black African American arts Gay artists Homophobia Racism Queer theory
Zusammenfassung:	"Whether engaged in same-sex desire or gender nonconformity, black queer individuals live with being perceived as a threat while simultaneously being subjected to the threat of physical, psychological, and socioeconomic injury. Attending to and challenging threats has become a defining element in queer black artists' work throughout the black diaspora. GerShun Avilez analyzes the work of diasporic artists who, denied government protections, have used art to create spaces for justice. He first focuses on how the state seeks to inhibit the movement of black queer bodies through public spaces, whether on the street or across borders. From there, he pivots to institutional spaces--specifically prisons and hospitals--and the ways such places seek to expose queer bodies in order to control them. Throughout, he reveals how desire and art open routes to black queer freedom when policy, the law, racism, and homophobia threaten physical safety, civil rights, and social mobility"--
Beschreibung:	Enthält Anmerkungen und Index
Beschreibung:	xi, 184 Seiten
ISBN:	9780252043376 9780252085284