Sweet Tea Black Gay Men of the South |
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| Author:
| Johnson, E. Patrick |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-8692-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2008 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | CD-Audio |
| List Price: | USD $36.95USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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Giving voice to a population rarely acknowledged in writings about the South, this book collects life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and live in the southern US. E. Patrick Johnson challenges stereotypes of the South as "backward" or "repressive", suggesting that these men draw on the performance of "southernness" to legitimate themselves as members of both southern and black cultures.
Giving voice to a population rarely acknowledged in writings about the South, this book collects life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and live in the southern US. E. Patrick Johnson challenges stereotypes of the South as "backward" or "repressive", suggesting that these men draw on the performance of "southernness" to legitimate themselves as members of both southern and black cultures.