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Author:

Henry, Alvin J., author.

Title:

Black queer flesh : rejecting subjectivity in the African American novel / Alvin J. Henry.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

258 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

1900-1999
African American gays in literature.
American fiction--History and cricisim.--History and cricisim.
American fiction--20th century--History and cricisim.
Homosexuality in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Self in literature.
African American gays in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Homosexuality in literature.
Self in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Rejecting Subjectivity -- Passing into Racial Anxiety -- Nella Larsen and the Emergence of Black Queer Flesh -- Queer Underworlds in Ralph Ellison -- Social Protest and the Aesthetics of Flesh in Richard Wright -- Toward a Black Queer Utopia.

Summary:

"A groundbreaking examination of how twentieth-century African American writers use queer characters to challenge and ultimately reject subjectivity"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1452964440
9781452964447
1517910064
9781517910068
1517910056
9781517910051

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1154089080

LCCN:

2020023682

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)