Evidence of being : the black gay cultural renaissance and the politics of violence / Darius Bost.
Evidence of being : the black gay cultural renaissance and the politics of violence / Darius Bost.
Evidence of being : the black gay cultural renaissance and the politics of violence / Darius Bost.
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Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
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G 2021/1120
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English
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Physical content
181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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text
still image
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: On black gay being -- The contradictions of grief: violence and value in Blacklight magazine -- Loneliness: black gay longing in the work of Essex Hemphill -- Postmortem politics: the other countries collective and black gay mourning -- "The future is very uncertain": black gay self-ma...
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
Evidence of Being opens on a grim scene: Washington DC's gay black community in the 1980s, ravaged by AIDS, the crack epidemic, and a series of unsolved murders, seemingly abandoned by the government and mainstream culture. Yet in this darkest of moments, a new vision of community and hope managed to emerge. Darius Bost's account of the media, poet...
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Evidence of being : the black gay cultural renaissance and the politics of violence / Darius Bost.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2021/1120
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74VKaJqlLjQy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJqlLjQy
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9780226589824
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306.766208996073
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991024368619202626
