Queer South rising : voices of a contested place / edited by Reta Ugena Whitlock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whitlock, Reta Ugena, 1963- editor.

Series:

Landscapes of education.

Landscapes of education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Southern States.

Gay people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Queer South Rising: Voices of a Contested Place is a collection of essays about the South by people who identify as both Southern and queer. The collection's name hints at the provocative nature of its contents: placing Queer and South side-by-side challenges readers to think about each word differently. The idea that a queer South might rise undermines the Battle Cry of "The South's Gonna rise Again!" embedded in the collective memory of a conservative South. This rising does not refer to a kind of Enlightenment transcendence where the region achieves some sort of distinctive prominence. It suggests instead ruptures, like furrows in a plowed field where seeds are sown. The rising Whitlock envisions is akin to breaking and turning over meanings of Southern place. The title further serves to remind readers of the complexities of the place as it calls into question notions of a universal, homogenous LGBT, queer, identity. Queer South Rising is the first truly interdisciplinary collection of essays on the South and queerness that deliberately aims for multiple approaches to the topics. This collection is intended for a wide audience of "regular" folks. Essays explore multiple intersections of Southern place--religion, politics, sexuality, race, education--that transcend regional boundaries. This book counters conventional scholarly texts; it invites all readers interested in the South and queer themes to engage with the narratives it holds--and perhaps question their assumptions. Whitlock has sought, in collecting these essays, to seek out a diverse group of authors--across disciplines, professions, and interests--to shatter perceptions about a nostalgic, romanticized Southern culture in general.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction : Loving, telling, and reconstructing the south / Reta Ugena Whitlock

Part I. Ghosts, myths, and treasures: Theorizing south and southernness

Chapter 1. Some odd place of ghosts and shadows: Working through the queer character of place in randall kenan's run, mourner, run / Brian Casemore

Chapter 2. Drag and the politics of performance / Brock Thompson

Chapter 3. Examining the oppressor within: Lessons learned by a northern researcher in the south / Bettina L. Love

Chapter 4. Dismantling metrocentric and metronormative curricula: Toward a critical queer pedagogy of southern rural space and place / Christopher J. Stapel

Chapter 5. Fall down on me: Stories of the club from black gay men in the south / Craig Washington

Chapter 6. (homo)sex in a model new south city: Placing lesbians and gay men in mid-twentieth century atlanta / Wesley Chenault

Chapter 7. For queer teachers, love can be a battlefield / Janna Jackson

Chapter 8. I was born on the wrong planet: Flights of fancy, gone with the wind, and other gay narratives of the south / Patrick Slattery

Chapter 9. Negative capability in the mountain south / Jeff Mann

Part II. Sacrilege! Confronting southern institutions

Chapter 10. Drag you off to milledgeville: The georgia state hospital and southern psychiatric spaces / Mab Segrest

Chapter 11. The hell train: A journey from holy roller to feminist lesbian / Karen Parker

Chapter 12. An open letter to the bishop / Brian Ammons

Chapter 13. Becoming peculiar / Kate Black

Chapter 14. Reorienting the south: Locating queer refugees and geographies in texas / Long T. Bui

Chapter 15. I have the right to remain silent / Jamie Davis

Chapter 16. Here's a little lagniappe for you... / Michael Johnson, Jr

Chapter 17. Confessions of a radical feminist: Conservative control of intellectual freedom in higher education / Reta Ugena Whitlock

Part III. Ye mama 'nem: Contemplating webs of relations

Chapter 18. Dude / Laura Davis

Chapter 19. My labels are [not] too many: My journey of becoming a black, afrocentric, southern lesbian / Qiana Cutts

Chapter 20. Jesus, dolly parton, and solid gold: Risk and resilience in a southern gay childhood / Travis Wright

Chapter 21. The queering year / JD Dykes

Chapter 22. The way of holiness / Jason Howard

Chapter 23. Rubyfruit masochist / Merri Lisa Johnson

Chapter 24. Redneck sissy: Negotiating shame as a queer male in the rural south / Jay Poole

Chapter 25. Trailer park queer / Porscha Yount

Chapter 26. True south / Kevin Jennings

About the contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-62396-170-X