Fashioning lives : black queers and the politics of literacy / Eric Darnell Pritchard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pritchard, Eric Darnell, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--Social aspects--United States.

Literacy.

Black queer people.

Black LGBTQ+ people.

Queer literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale, [Illinois] : Southern Illinois University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Honorable Mention, 2018 Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award Winner, Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship from CCCC, 2018 Winner, Advancement of Knowledge Award from CCCC, 2018 Winner, Outstanding Book Award from the Conference on Community Writing, 2017 Fashioning Lives: Black Queers and the Politics of Literacy.

Contents:

Introduction: black queer meanings of literacy

"Treacherous enterprises": hiding/out through literacy concealment

"Because of their fearlessness, I felt empowered": ancestors, fictive kin, and elders

"Spiritual wanderers and resident aliens": the unholy life of literacy normativity and the creation of black queer spiritualities

Feeling myself: refashioning undesirability in black queer digital spheres

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8093-3555-7

OCLC:

964294843