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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780667203321

Autore

Crichlow Wesley E. A (Wesley Eddison Aylesworth), <1961->

Titolo

Buller men and batty bwoys : hidden men in Toronto and Halifax black communities / / Wesley Crichlow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-281-99256-9

9786611992569

1-4426-7164-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

306.76/089/960710713

Soggetti

Gay men - Ontario - Toronto - Social conditions

Gay men - Nova Scotia - Halifax - Social conditions

Bisexual men - Ontario - Toronto - Social conditions

Bisexual men - Nova Scotia - Halifax - Social conditions

Heterosexism - Ontario - Toronto

Heterosexism - Nova Scotia - Halifax

Black people - Ontario - Toronto - Attitudzes

Black people - Nova Scotia - Halifax - Attitudes

Electronic books.

Halifax (N.S.)

Schwarze

Toronto

Ontario Toronto

Nova Scotia Halifax

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Entering and Opening the Black Closet -- Part One: Oh My God! Look Who's in the Closet! Hidden Black Men Having Sex with Other Men -- 1 Hidden Men -- 2 Collaborative Connections: My Biomythography -- Part Two: Negotiating Everyday Life -- 3 Family -- 4 Community -- 5 Violence,



Fear, and Hypermasculinity -- 6 Pleasure, Love, Identity -- Conclusion: Seeking Inclusion -- Appendix A: Participants -- Appendix B: Partial List of Interview Questions -- Appendix C: Chronology of Buller and Zami Activities in Toronto

NotesBibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z

Sommario/riassunto

Buller Men and Batty Bwoys offers the reader critical insight into the complex lives of Black gay and bisexual men in Canada. Equally important, Crichlow's research makes a substantial and original contribution to the limited body of academic work in this area.