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Author:   C. Riley Snorton
Publisher:   University of Minnesota Press
Imprint:   University of Minnesota Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9780816677979

ISBN 10:   0816677972
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   14 March 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Transpositions1. Down Low Genealogies2. Trapped in the Epistemological Closet3. Black Sexual Syncretism4. Rumor Has ItConclusion: Down Low Diasporas NotesIndex

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C. Riley Snorton has written a stunning new chapter in queer theory. This book magnificently extends Eve K. Sedgwick's concept of the closet to grapple with race, sex, and secrecy. Building on concepts like the 'glass closet' and examining the dynamics and geographies of the down low, Snorton makes the startling claim that the down low is not a set of hidden practices but that it actually constitutes the staging of the conditions of Black representability. This is a very important book and it will have an immediate impact on the study of race and sexuality. --Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure

C. Riley Snorton has written a stunning new chapter in queer theory. This book magnificently extends Eve K. Sedgwick's concept of the closet to grapple with race, sex, and secrecy. Building on concepts like the 'glass closet' and examining the dynamics and geographies of the down low, Snorton makes the startling claim that the down low is not a set of hidden practices but that it actually constitutes the staging of the conditions of Black representability. This is a very important book and it will have an immediate impact on the study of race and sexuality. -Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure Informative and absorbing. -Qualitative Sociology

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C. Riley Snorton is assistant professor of communication studies at Northwestern University.

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