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Author Allen, Jafari S., 1968- author.

Title There's a disco ball between us : a theory of Black gay life / Jafari Allen
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 415 pages) : illustrations
Contents There's a Disco Ball between Us -- A Stitch in Space Time: The Long 1980s -- The Anthological Generation -- "What It Is I Think They Were Doing, Anyhow" -- Masc Black Gay Man 4 Mask Black Gay Man? -- Disco -- Black Nations Queer Nations? -- Black/Queerpolis -- Bonds and Disciplines: Black/Queer/Diaspora -- Archiving the Anthological at the Current Conjuncture -- Interlude -- Come -- "Black/Queer Mess" as Methodological Case Study -- Unfinished Work -- Lush Life (in Exile)
Summary "Jafari S. Allen offers a sweeping and lively ethnographic and intellectual history of Black queer politics, culture, and history in the 1980s as they emerged out of radical Black lesbian activism and writing."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Gay culture.
Gay people, Black -- Social life and customs
Gay people, Black -- Conduct of life
Queer theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Gay culture
Queer theory
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021013523
ISBN 1478021896
9781478021896