ISBN:
9781469628073
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1469628074
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9781469626857
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1469626853
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (259 pages)
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illustrations.
Series Statement:
The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
Parallel Title:
Print version Mumford, Kevin J., author Not straight, not white
DDC:
306.766208996073
Keywords:
Gay men, Black United States
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United States
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African American gay men
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Gay men, Black
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African American gay men
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Gay men, Black
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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 ; Gay Studies
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African American gay men
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Gay men, Black
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United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This compelling book recounts the history of black gay men from the 1950s to the 1990s, tracing how the major movements of the times--from civil rights to black power to gay liberation to AIDS activism--helped shape the cultural stigmas that surrounded race and homosexuality. In locating the rise of black gay identities in historical context, Kevin Mumford explores how activists, performers, and writers rebutted negative stereotypes and refused sexual objectification. Examining the lives of both famous and little-known black gay activists--from James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin to Joseph Beam and Brother Grant-Michael Fitzgerald--Mumford analyzes the ways in which movements for social change both inspired and marginalized black gay men. Drawing on an extensive archive of newspapers, pornography, and film, as well as government documents, organizational records, and personal papers, Mumford sheds new light on four volatile decades in the protracted battle of black gay men for affirmation and empowerment in the face of pervasive racism and homophobia
Abstract:
Introduction : corrections 1 -- Losing the march -- Untangling black pathology -- Payne and pulp -- The limits of liberation -- The disavowal of Brother Grant-Michael Fitzgerald -- In the life of Joseph Beam -- The last crises of James Tinney -- Mobilizations and memorials -- Epilogue. Carrying on
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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