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Queer Tidalectics : Linguistic and Sexual Fluidity in Contemporary Black Diasporic Literature / Emilio Amideo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amideo, Emilio, author.
- Series:
- Critical insurgencies.
- Critical Insurgencies Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- English literature--Black authors--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Gay people in literature.
- Queer theory.
- Water in literature.
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987--Criticism and interpretation.
- Baldwin, James.
- Kay, Jackie, 1961---Criticism and interpretation.
- Kay, Jackie.
- Glave, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation.
- Glave, Thomas.
- Mootoo, Shani--Criticism and interpretation.
- Mootoo, Shani.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Queer Tidalectics investigates how Anglophone writers James Baldwin, Jackie Kay, Thomas Glave, and Shani Mootoo employ the trope of fluidity to articulate a Black queer diasporic aesthetics"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Fluid Language and Black Queer Diasporic Aesthetics
- The Sub(merged) Text in James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room
- Waves of Sound, Gender Fluidity, and Shifting Kinships in Jackie Kay's Trumpet
- To Breathe in Water: Alternative Voicing of Queer Belonging in Thomas Glave's Work
- Time (Un)flowing and Sideways Movement in Shani Mootoo's Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab
- Conclusion. Fluid Archives of the Black Queer Diaspora.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8101-4370-4
- OCLC:
- 1250069034
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