In this Book
- Black Queer Freedom: Spaces of Injury and Paths of Desire
- Book
- 2020
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: The New Black Studies Series
summary
Whether engaged in same-sex desire or gender nonconformity, black queer individuals live with being perceived as a threat while simultaneously being subjected to the threat of physical, psychological, and socioeconomical injury. Attending to and challenging threats has become a defining element in queer black artists’ work throughout the black diaspora. GerShun Avilez analyzes the work of diasporic artists who, denied government protections, have used art to create spaces for justice. He first focuses on how the state seeks to inhibit the movement of black queer bodies through public spaces, whether on the street or across borders. From there, he pivots to institutional spaces—specifically prisons and hospitals—and the ways such places seek to expose queer bodies in order to control them. Throughout, he reveals how desire and art open routes to black queer freedom when policy, the law, racism, and homophobia threaten physical safety, civil rights, and social mobility.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xiv
- Part One: Threatened Bodies in Motion
- Part Two. Bodies in the Space of Injury
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252052255
Related ISBN(s)
9780252043376, 9780252085284
MARC Record
OCLC
1201377467
Pages
204
Launched on MUSE
2020-10-25
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2020