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

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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Huvudskapare: Hayes, Jarrod (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2016.
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • 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.