Black queer flesh [electronic resource] : rejecting subjectivity in the African American novel / Alvin J. Henry.

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"A groundbreaking examination of how twentieth-century African American writers use queer characters to challenge and ultimately reject subjectivity"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Henry, Alvin J. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2021.
Subjects:	African American gay people in literature. American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism. American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Homosexuality in literature. African Americans in literature. Self in literature.
Online Access:	Project MUSE eBooks: 2021 (Project MUSE @ John Hopkins University)
Variant Title:	Black Queer Flesh: Rejecting Subjectivity in the African American Novel
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Introduction: Toppling Subjectivity
Passing into Racial Anxiety
Nella Larsen and the Emergence of Black Queer Flesh
Queer Underworlds in Ralph Ellison
Social Protest and the Aesthetics of Flesh in Richard Wright
Toward a Black Queer Utopia.