Queer South Rising: Voices of a Contested Place

Name: Queer South Rising: Voices of a Contested Place
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ISBN: 9781623961688

ISBN-10: 1623961688

ISBN-13: 9781623961688

Edition: 2013

Authors: Reta Ugena Whitlock

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Queer South Rising: Voices of a Contested Place is a collection of essays about the South by people who identify as both Southern and queer. The collection's name hints at the provocative nature of its contents: placing Queer and South side-by-side challenges readers to think about each word differently. The idea that a queer South might rise undermines the Battle Cry of "The South's Gonna rise Again " embedded in the collective memory of a conservative South. This rising does not refer to a kind of Enlightenment transcendence where the region achieves some sort of distinctive prominence. It suggests instead ruptures, like furrows in a plowed field where seeds are sown. The rising Whitlock…

Book details

List price: $45.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Information Age Pub Inc
Binding: Paperback
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English