James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination.
Title:
James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination.
Author:
Brim, Matt.
ISBN:
9780472120598
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (227 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction: James Baldwin Theory-Seeing the Invisible -- Chapter 1. James Baldwin's Queer Utility: Black Gay Male Literary Tradition and Go Tell It on the Mountain -- Chapter 2. Paradoxical Reading Practices: Giovanni's Room as Queer/Gay/Trans Novel -- Chapter 3. What Straight Men Need: Gay Love in Another Country -- Chapter 4. Papas' Baby: Impossible Paternity in Going to Meet the Man -- Conclusion: The Queer Imagination and the Gay Male Conundrum -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Stepping back to examine the relationship between James Baldwin and queer theory, Brim unveils new critical insights that their complicated pairing provides.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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