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Racial erotics : gay men of color, sexual racism, and the politics of desire / C. Winter Han.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Han, C. Winter, 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men--Identity.
- Gay men.
- White people--Race identity.
- White people.
- Black people--Race identity.
- Black people.
- Racism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Sexual desire, often understood as personal erotic preference, is frequently seen as neutral, natural, or inevitable. Countering these commonplace assumptions, Racial Erotics shows how sexual partnering within communities of gay men is deeply embedded within larger social structures that define whiteness as desirable and normative while othering men of color. In queer erotic economies this othering may take the form of sexual rejection or fetishization of men of color, but C. Winter Han argues that the real danger of sexual racism is that it creates a hierarchy of racial worth that extends outside of erotic encounters into the everyday lives of gay men of color. In this way, sexual racism perpetuates a larger project of racial erasing that equates gayness with whiteness to secure acceptance for gay white men at the expense of queers of color. With vivid examples from interviews, media representations, and online dating sites, Han highlights the creative means through which gay men of color, cordoned off in spaces both gay and straight, produce alternative frameworks to combat dominant narratives. Racial Erotics offers a new paradigm for understanding the connection of race and queer desire, demonstrating how race profoundly shapes sexual desires among men while racialized notions of desire construct beliefs about belonging"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CONCLUSION
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About The Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780295749105
- 0295749105
- OCLC:
- 1230250152
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