Sweet Tea Black Gay Men of the South

Name: Sweet Tea Black Gay Men of the South
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ISBN: 9780807872260

ISBN-10: 0807872261

ISBN-13: 9780807872260

Edition: 2nd 2011 (Revised)

Authors: E. Patrick Johnson

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Giving voice to a population rarely acknowledged in writings about the South,Sweet Teacollects life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the southern United States. E. Patrick Johnson challenges stereotypes of the South as "backward" or "repressive," suggesting that these men draw upon the performance of "southernness"_politeness, coded speech, and religiosity, for example_to legitimate themselves as members of both southern and black cultures. At the same time, Johnson argues, they deploy those same codes to establish and build friendship networks and to find sexual partners and life partners.Traveling to every southern state, Johnson conducted…

Book details

List price: $47.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 9/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 590
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.32" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

E. Patrick Johnson is Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University. He was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 2010.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Some Bitter and Some Sweet: Growing Up Black and Gay in the South



Coming Out and Turning the Closet Inside Out



Church Sissies: Gayness and the Black Church



Do You Get Down?: Homosex in the South



Trannies, Transvestites, and Drag Queens, Oh My!: Transitioning the South



Sweet Magnolias: Love and Relationships



Of Legends and Young'uns: Black Gay Men across Generations


Epilogue: Why This Story Now?



Black Gay Vernacular Terms



Sweet Tea Recipes and Stories


Notes


Bibliography


Index of Narrators


Index