Snapping Beans: Voices of a Black Queer Lesbian South (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781438498911)

Snapping Beans offers a collective narrative of Southern queer lesbian women and gender-nonconforming persons. Throughout the text, the American South acts as both a region and a main character, one that can shame and condemn but also serve as a site of reconciliation. Blending autoethnography and oral histories, Jayme N. Canty explores how both geographic location and social spaces, such as the Church, intersect with categories such as race, gender, and sexuality to shape and mark identity. Just as the intergenerational practice of snapping beans provides an opportunity to slow down, Canty enables readers to make space and to hear a new Southern narrative. Filled with both hurt and healing, Snapping Beans chronicles a multivocal journey of coming out, ultimately revealing a South where Black queer lesbians not only live but also, more importantly, thrive.

Author: Jayme N. Canty
ISBN-10: 1438498918
ISBN-13: 9781438498911
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2025
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d