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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460231303321

Titolo

Critical articulations of race, gender, and sexual orientation / / edited by Sheena C. Howard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9917-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

305.90664

Soggetti

Minority gays

Minority lesbians

Sex discrimination

Lesbians - Identity

Gays - Identity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; "In Teaching Persona"; I: Queer Identity Matrix; Chapter 1: Coming In/Out of the Closet; Chapter 2: Divided Loyalties; Chapter 3: Young Black and Latino Gay Men's Experiences with Racial Microaggressions; Chapter 4: Organizing Foreignness; "The Origin of Coming Out"; II: Identity Formation; Chapter 5: Latinas in the United States; Chapter 6: Me and My Shadow(s); Chapter 7: Reliving Oppression; Chapter 8: Coming Out, Covering, Connecting; "What Truth?"; III: Mass Mediated Representations; Chapter 9: Trans*ing Priestly Performances

Chapter 10: Marking My Black Feminist HeterosexismChapter 11: Heterosexual Masculinity, the Self, and Social Needs; Chapter 12: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA) of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation within the YouTube-based "It Gets Better Project"; Chapter 13: "Don't Even Go There!"; Chapter 14: Friends of Batman (And Dorothy); Index; About the Contributors; About the Editor

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This collection features engaging scholarly essays and



creative writings that examine the meaning of race, gender, and sexual orientation as interlocking systems of oppression. It provides a meaningful space to analyze identity and identity politics, highlighting the complexities of identity formation in the twenty-first century.</span></span>