| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction: black queer meanings of literacy -- "Treacherous enterprises": hiding/out through literacy concealment -- "Because of their fearlessness, I felt empowered": ancestors, fictive kin, and elders -- "Spiritual wanderers and resident aliens": the unholy life of literacy normativity and the creation of black queer spiritualities -- Feeling myself: refashioning undesirability in black queer digital spheres -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
What does language mean to the Black LGBTQ person? Author Eric Darnell Pritchard provides a theoretical framework for studying the literacy work of Black LGBTQ people, who do not fit into the traditional categories imposed on their language practices and identities. Examining the myriad ways literacy is used to inflict harm, Pritchard discusses how these harmful events prompt Black LGBTQ people to ensure their own survival by repurposing literacy through literacy performances fueled by accountability to self and communal love towards social and political change, a process the author calls "restorative literacies." Pritchard highlights restorative literacies in literacy institutions (e.g., libraries, schools), historical records repositories, religious and spiritual spaces, parties, community events, activist organizations, and digital spheres |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States
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African American sexual minorities -- Social conditions
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African American sexual minorities -- Interviews
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African American sexual minorities
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Literacy -- Social aspects
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Black queer people.
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Black LGBTQ+ people.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780809335558 |
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0809335557 |
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