Johnson Honeypot

Black Southern Women Who Love Women
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4780-0724-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

In this engaging and moving book, E. Patrick Johnson combines magical realism, poetry, and performative writing to bear witness to the real-life stories of black southern queer women in ways that reveal the complexity of identity and the challenges these women face.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, E. Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword / Alexis Pauline Gumbs ix
Preface. You Catch More Bees with Honey Than with Vinegar xi
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction. The Adventures of Miss B. and Me 1
1. The Hive 5
2. Blessed Bee 55
3. Honeybee Blues 69
4. Honey Love 112
5. Beebop and Beeswax 132
6. All Hail the Queen (Bee) 153
Epilogue. Flight 220
Appendix. List of Honeybees 223
Notes 227
Index 229

Über Autor(innen)

E. Patrick Johnson is Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University and the author and editor of several books, most recently No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Theory, also published by Duke University Press.

Alexis Pauline Gumbs is Visiting Winton Chair in the Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota and author of M Archive and Spill, both also published by Duke University Press.