Sweet tea : Black gay men of the South / E. Patrick Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, E. Patrick, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American gay men--Southern States--Social conditions.

African American gay men.

Stonewall Honor.

Southern States--Social conditions.

Southern States.

Local Subjects:

Stonewall Honor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Giving voice to a population too rarely acknowledged, Sweet Tea collects more than sixty life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the South. E. Patrick Johnson challenges stereotypes of the South as "backward" or "repressive" and offers a window into the ways black gay men negotiate their identities, build community, maintain friendship networks, and find sexual and life partners - often in spaces and activities that appear to be antigay. Ultimately, Sweet Tea validates the lives of these black gay men and reinforces the role of storytelling in both African American and southern cultures.

Contents:

Some bitter and some sweet : growing up Black and gay in the South

Coming out and turning the closet inside out

Church sissies : gayness and the Black church

Do you get down? : homosex in the South

Trannies, transvestites, and drag queens, oh my! : transitioning the South

Sweet magnolias : love and relationships

Of legends and young'uns : Black gay men across generations

Epilogue: Why this story now?

Notes:

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [559]-565) and indexes.

Stonewall Honor, 2009

ISBN:

9780807886861

0807886866

OCLC:

647821817