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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786558503321

Autore

Snorton C. Riley

Titolo

Nobody Is Supposed to Know [[electronic resource] ] : Black Sexuality on the Down Low

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, 2014

ISBN

1-4529-4090-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

306.76608996073

Soggetti

African American gays

Gender identity

African American gay people - Sexual behavior

African Americans

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Transpositions; 1. Down-Low Genealogies; 2. Trapped in the Epistemological Closet; 3. Black Sexual Syncretism; 4. Rumor Has It; Epilogue: Down-Low Diasporas; Notes; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Since the early 2000's, the phenomenon of the "down low"-black men who have sex with men as well as women and do not identify as gay, queer, or bisexual-has exploded in media and popular culture. C. Riley Snorton traces the emergence and circulation of the down low, demonstrating how these portrayals reinforce troubling perceptions of black sexuality generally.