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 Anzaldúa, 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 37
In the remainder of this chapter I chart a variety of orders of representation of
relationships between white men and men of color : from the uncritical racist
fetishizations of popular pornography , to the more self - conscious fetishizations
of high ...
In the remainder of this chapter I chart a variety of orders of representation of
relationships between white men and men of color : from the uncritical racist
fetishizations of popular pornography , to the more self - conscious fetishizations
of high ...
Page 51
While the discourse of black men loving black men can be an effective political
counter to racist representations and fantasies of interracial desire , it is also
highly problematic inasmuch as it relies on nationalist paradigms of community
and ...
While the discourse of black men loving black men can be an effective political
counter to racist representations and fantasies of interracial desire , it is also
highly problematic inasmuch as it relies on nationalist paradigms of community
and ...
Page 55
The racist pornographies that I elaborated at the beginning of this chapter
dominate white representations of the nexus of race and desire . While white
people have written on antiracist queer politics ( Mab Segrest ' s Memoir of a
Race Traitor ...
The racist pornographies that I elaborated at the beginning of this chapter
dominate white representations of the nexus of race and desire . While white
people have written on antiracist queer politics ( Mab Segrest ' s Memoir of a
Race Traitor ...
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Contents
The Men of South Africa | 19 |
Representing Race in the Discourse of Desire | 35 |
Gloria Anzaldúas Queer Mestisaje | 63 |
Copyright | |
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