Nobody Is Supposed to Know [electronic resource] : Black Sexuality on the Down Low

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snorton, C. Riley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American gays.

Gender identity.

African American gay people--Sexual behavior.

African American gay people.

African Americans.

Local Subjects:

African American gays.

Gender identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the early 2000's, the phenomenon of the "down low"-black men who have sex with men as well as women and do not identify as gay, queer, or bisexual-has exploded in media and popular culture. C. Riley Snorton traces the emergence and circulation of the down low, demonstrating how these portrayals reinforce troubling perceptions of black sexuality generally.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Transpositions; 1. Down-Low Genealogies; 2. Trapped in the Epistemological Closet; 3. Black Sexual Syncretism; 4. Rumor Has It; Epilogue: Down-Low Diasporas; Notes; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4529-4090-8