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Record Nr.

UNINA9910734340403321

Autore

Brim Matt

Titolo

James Baldwin and the Queer Imagination / / Matt Brim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : The University of Michigan Press, , [2014]

ISBN

0-472-90408-6

0-472-05234-9

0-472-12059-X

9780472120598

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 214 pages )

Disciplina

818/.5409

Soggetti

Gay men's writings, American - History and criticism

African American gay people - Intellectual life

Queer theory

Gay men in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: James Baldwin theory- seeing the invisible -- James Baldwin's queer utility: black gay male literary tradition and Go tell it on the mountain -- Paradoxical reading practices: Giovanni's room as queer/gay/trans novel -- What straight men need: gay love in another country -- Papas' baby: impossible paternity in going to meet the man -- Conclusion: The queer imagination and the gay male conundrum.