Queer Race: Cultural Interventions in the Racial Politics of Queer TheoryOne of the first extended and theoretically informed investigations of queer theory's racial inscription, Queer Race understands race as inextricably sexualized, as sexuality is always racially marked. The book critically and playfully explores intellectual and political deployments of the term queer , gay pornographic videos about South Africa, contemporary literary representations of interracial gay desire, the writings of Gloria Anzald a, and Jeffrey Dahmer's criminal trial. Through these explorations, Queer Race charts a framework for understanding the race of queer theory that both tests queer theory's limits and suggests its future inter-relations with anti-racist work. |
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Page 41
... narrators themselves ( and , in the case of Spanbauer's The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon , also the heroic white character whom the narrator loves ) are unreflective about their own or other characters ' racism , one can argue ...
... narrators themselves ( and , in the case of Spanbauer's The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon , also the heroic white character whom the narrator loves ) are unreflective about their own or other characters ' racism , one can argue ...
Page 45
... narrator's desire , where the object of his affections turns out - much to his surprise - to be part Cherokee , does not lead him to comment on his attraction to white men , or to find it problematic or politically resonant , and when ...
... narrator's desire , where the object of his affections turns out - much to his surprise - to be part Cherokee , does not lead him to comment on his attraction to white men , or to find it problematic or politically resonant , and when ...
Page 48
... narrator and his friends are discussing gay rela- tionships between black and white men . The narrator and his best friend , Gene , are skeptical of such relationships in general , believing that they stem from black self- hatred , but ...
... narrator and his friends are discussing gay rela- tionships between black and white men . The narrator and his best friend , Gene , are skeptical of such relationships in general , believing that they stem from black self- hatred , but ...
Contents
The Men of South Africa | 19 |
Representing Race in the Discourse of Desire | 35 |
Gloria AnzaldĂșas Queer Mestisaje | 63 |
Copyright | |
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