ISBN:
0816502420
,
9780816502424
Language:
English
Pages:
vii, 223 S.
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
First peoples : new directions in indigenous studies
DDC:
810.8/0920664
Keywords:
Indian gays Literary collections
;
Indian lesbians Literary collections
;
American literature Indian authors
;
Gays' writings, American
;
Indians of North America Literary collections Sexual behavior
;
American literature 21st century
;
Homosexuality
;
Indians of North America Sexual behavior
;
Anthologie
;
Nordamerika
;
Indianer
;
Literatur
;
Homosexualität
;
Queer-Theorie
Abstract:
"Two-Spirit people, identified by many different tribally specific names and standings within their communities, have been living, loving, and creating art since time immemorial. It wasn't until the 1970s, however, that contemporary queer Native literature gained any public notice. Even now, only a handful of books address it specifically, most notably the 1988 collection Living the Spirit: A Gay American Indian Anthology. Since that book's publication twenty-three years ago, there has not been another collection published that focuses explicitly on the writing and art of Indigenous Two-Spirit and Queer people. This landmark collection strives to reflect the complexity of identities within Native Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Two-Spirit (GLBTQ2) communities. Gathering together the work of established writers and talented new voices, this anthology spans genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essay) and themes (memory, history, sexuality, indigeneity, friendship, family, love, and loss) and represents a watershed moment in Native American and Indigenous literatures, Queer studies, and the intersections between the two. Collaboratively, the pieces in Sovereign Erotics demonstrate not only the radical diversity among the voices of today's Indigenous GLBTQ2 writers but also the beauty, strength, and resilience of Indigenous GLBTQ2 people in the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Edited by Qwo-Li Driskill, Daniel Heath Justice, Deborah Miranda and Lisa Tatonetti
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Includes bibliographical references
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