Queer roots for the diaspora ghosts in the family tree
"As a way of understanding identity, the concept of rootedness has increasingly been subjected to acerbic political and theoretical critiques. Politically, roots narratives have been criticized for attempting to police identity through a politics of purity-excluding anyone who doesn't shar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Press
2016, [2016]©2016
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-320) and index
- Introduction
- Looking for roots among the mangroves
- Queer roots in Africa
- Scandals and lies : the truth about roots
- From roots that uproot to queer diasporas
- The seduction of roots and the roots of seduction
- Booger Hollar and other queer sites : ghosts in the family tree