{"product_id":"blackgay-simon-dickel-9781611860092","title":"Black\/Gay: The Harlem Renaissance, the Protest Era, and the Constructions of Black Gay Identity in the 1980s and 90s","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores key texts of the black gay culture of the 1980s and '90s. Starting with an analysis of the political discourse in anthologies such as \u003ci\u003eIn the Life \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBrother to Brother, \u003c\/i\u003eit identifies the references to the Harlem Renaissance and the Protest Era as common elements of black gay discourse. This connection to African American cultural and political traditions legitimizes black gay identity and criticizes the construction of gay identity as white. Readings of Isaac Julien's \u003ci\u003eLooking for Langston\u003c\/i\u003e, Samuel R. Delany's \"Atlantis: Model 1924\" and \u003ci\u003eThe Motion of Light in Water\u003c\/i\u003e, Melvin Dixon's \u003ci\u003eVanishing Rooms, \u003c\/i\u003eRandall Kenan's \u003ci\u003eA Visitation of Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e, and Steven Corbin's \u003ci\u003eNo Easy Place to Be \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrate how these strategies of signifying are used in affirmative, humorous, and ironic ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Dickel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611860091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611860092\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michigan State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Simon Dickel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938791391487,"sku":"9781611860092","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a22441cb-5334-4020-ab82-8ff3bb9a42af.jpg?v=1681437740","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blackgay-simon-dickel-9781611860092","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}