Queer Roots for the Diaspora : Ghosts in the Family Tree /

Queer Roots for the Diaspora : Ghosts in the Family Tree /

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As a way of understanding identity, the concept of rootedness has increasingly been subjected to acerbic political and theoretical critiques. Politically, roots narratives have been criticized for attempting to police identity through a politics of purity-excluding anyone who doesn't share the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hayes, Jarrod (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Narrativ > Grammatik
LGBT
Geschlechterrolle
Genealogie
Einwanderer
Sexual minorities.
Gender identity.
Family secrets.
African diaspora.
African American sexual minorities.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Gay & Lesbian.
Identite sexuelle > États-Unis.
Identite sexuelle > Afrique.
Secrets de famille > États-Unis.
Secrets de famille > Afrique.
Africains > Pays etrangers.
Minorites sexuelles noires americaines.
Minorites sexuelles > Afrique.
Gender identity > United States.
Gender identity > Africa.
Family secrets > United States.
Family secrets > Africa.
Sexual minorities > Africa.
United States.
Africa.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Čubrilović > Familie : 19. Jh.-
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Looking for roots among the mangroves
  • Queer roots in Africa
  • Scandals and lies : the truth about roots
  • From roots that uproot to queer diasporas
  • The seduction of roots and the roots of seduction
  • Booger hollar and other queer sites : ghosts in the family tree
  • Notes
  • Works cited
  • Index.

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