Queer south rising : voices of a contested place /
Queer south rising : voices of a contested place /
edited by Reta Ugena Whitlock.
- 1 online resource (xl, 417 pages :) : illustrations.
- Landscapes of education .
- Landscapes of education. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: Loving, Telling, and Reconstructing the South / "Ghosts, Myths, and Treasures": Theorizing South And Southernness -- "Some Odd Place of Ghosts and Shadows:" Working Through the Queer Character of Place in Randall Kenan's "Run, Mourner, Run" / Drag and the Politics of Performance / Examining the Oppressor Within: Lessons Learned by a Northern Researcher in the South / Dismantling Metrocentric and Metronormative Curricula: Toward a Critical Queer Pedagogy of Southern Rural Space and Place / Fall Down On Me: Stories of the Club From Black Gay Men in the South / A Queer New South City: Lesbians and Gay Men in Mid-20th Century Atlanta / For Queer Teachers, Love Can Be a Battlefield / I Was Born on the Wrong Planet: Flights of Fancy, Gone With the Wind, and Other Gay Narratives of the South / Negative Capability in the Mountain South / Reta Ugena Whitlock -- Brian Casemore -- Brock Thompson -- Bettina L. Love -- Christopher J. Stapel -- Craig Washington -- Wesley Chenault -- Janna Jackson -- Patrick Slattery -- Jeff Mann. Part I: Sacrilege! Confronting Southern Institutions -- "Drag You Off to Milledgeville": The Georgia State Hospital and Southern Psychiatric Spaces / The Hell Train: A Journey From Holy Roller to Feminist Lesbian / An Open Letter to the Bishop / Becoming Peculiar / Reorienting the South: Locating Queer Refugees and Geographies in Texas / I Have the Right to Remain Silent / Here's a Little Lagniappe For You ... / Confessions of a Radical Feminist: Conservative Control of Intellectual Freedom in Higher Education / Mab Segrest -- Karen Parker -- Brian Ammons -- Kate Black -- Long T. Bui -- Jamie Davis -- Michael Johnson, Jr. -- Reta Ugena Whitlock. Part II: Ye Mama 'Nem: Contemplating Webs Of Relations -- Dude / My Labels Are [Not] Too Many: My Journey of "Becoming" A Black, Afrocentric, Southern Lesbian / Jesus, Dolly Parton, and Solid Gold: Risk and Resilience in a Southern Gay Childhood / The Queering Year / The Way of Holiness / Rubyfruit Masochist / Redneck Sissy: Negotiating Shame as a Queer Male in the Rural South / Trailer Park Queer / True South / Laura Davis -- Qiana Cutts -- Travis Wright -- JD Dykes -- Jason Howard -- Merri Lisa Johnson -- Jay Poole -- Porscha Yount -- Kevin Jennings. Part III:
"Queer South Rising: Voices of a Contested Place is a collection of essays about the South by people who identify as both Southern and queer. The collection's name hints at the provocative nature of its contents: placing Queer and South side-by-side challenges readers to think about each word differently. The idea that a queer South might rise undermines the Battle Cry of "The South's Gonna rise Again!" embedded in the collective memory of a conservative South. This rising does not refer to a kind of Enlightenment transcendence where the region achieves some sort of distinctive prominence. It suggests instead ruptures, like furrows in a plowed field where seeds are sown. The rising Whitlock envisions is akin to breaking and turning over meanings of Southern place. The title further serves to remind readers of the complexities of the place as it calls into question notions of a universal, homogenous LGBT, queer, identity. Queer South Rising is the first truly interdisciplinary collection of essays on the South and queerness that deliberately aims for multiple approaches to the topics. This collection is intended for a wide audience of "regular" folks. Essays explore multiple intersections of Southern place--religion, politics, sexuality, race, education--that transcend regional boundaries. This book counters conventional scholarly texts; it invites all readers interested in the South and queer themes to engage with the narratives it holds--and perhaps question their assumptions. Whitlock has sought, in collecting these essays, to seek out a diverse group of authors--across disciplines, professions, and interests--to shatter perceptions about a nostalgic, romanticized Southern culture in general."--Publsiher's description.
9781623961701 (electronic bk.) 162396170X (electronic bk.) (pbk.) (hardback)
2012953963
Gays--Southern States.
Homosexuels--États-Unis (Sud)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Gays.
Southern States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ76.3.U6 / Q44 2013
363.4/90973
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: Loving, Telling, and Reconstructing the South / "Ghosts, Myths, and Treasures": Theorizing South And Southernness -- "Some Odd Place of Ghosts and Shadows:" Working Through the Queer Character of Place in Randall Kenan's "Run, Mourner, Run" / Drag and the Politics of Performance / Examining the Oppressor Within: Lessons Learned by a Northern Researcher in the South / Dismantling Metrocentric and Metronormative Curricula: Toward a Critical Queer Pedagogy of Southern Rural Space and Place / Fall Down On Me: Stories of the Club From Black Gay Men in the South / A Queer New South City: Lesbians and Gay Men in Mid-20th Century Atlanta / For Queer Teachers, Love Can Be a Battlefield / I Was Born on the Wrong Planet: Flights of Fancy, Gone With the Wind, and Other Gay Narratives of the South / Negative Capability in the Mountain South / Reta Ugena Whitlock -- Brian Casemore -- Brock Thompson -- Bettina L. Love -- Christopher J. Stapel -- Craig Washington -- Wesley Chenault -- Janna Jackson -- Patrick Slattery -- Jeff Mann. Part I: Sacrilege! Confronting Southern Institutions -- "Drag You Off to Milledgeville": The Georgia State Hospital and Southern Psychiatric Spaces / The Hell Train: A Journey From Holy Roller to Feminist Lesbian / An Open Letter to the Bishop / Becoming Peculiar / Reorienting the South: Locating Queer Refugees and Geographies in Texas / I Have the Right to Remain Silent / Here's a Little Lagniappe For You ... / Confessions of a Radical Feminist: Conservative Control of Intellectual Freedom in Higher Education / Mab Segrest -- Karen Parker -- Brian Ammons -- Kate Black -- Long T. Bui -- Jamie Davis -- Michael Johnson, Jr. -- Reta Ugena Whitlock. Part II: Ye Mama 'Nem: Contemplating Webs Of Relations -- Dude / My Labels Are [Not] Too Many: My Journey of "Becoming" A Black, Afrocentric, Southern Lesbian / Jesus, Dolly Parton, and Solid Gold: Risk and Resilience in a Southern Gay Childhood / The Queering Year / The Way of Holiness / Rubyfruit Masochist / Redneck Sissy: Negotiating Shame as a Queer Male in the Rural South / Trailer Park Queer / True South / Laura Davis -- Qiana Cutts -- Travis Wright -- JD Dykes -- Jason Howard -- Merri Lisa Johnson -- Jay Poole -- Porscha Yount -- Kevin Jennings. Part III:
"Queer South Rising: Voices of a Contested Place is a collection of essays about the South by people who identify as both Southern and queer. The collection's name hints at the provocative nature of its contents: placing Queer and South side-by-side challenges readers to think about each word differently. The idea that a queer South might rise undermines the Battle Cry of "The South's Gonna rise Again!" embedded in the collective memory of a conservative South. This rising does not refer to a kind of Enlightenment transcendence where the region achieves some sort of distinctive prominence. It suggests instead ruptures, like furrows in a plowed field where seeds are sown. The rising Whitlock envisions is akin to breaking and turning over meanings of Southern place. The title further serves to remind readers of the complexities of the place as it calls into question notions of a universal, homogenous LGBT, queer, identity. Queer South Rising is the first truly interdisciplinary collection of essays on the South and queerness that deliberately aims for multiple approaches to the topics. This collection is intended for a wide audience of "regular" folks. Essays explore multiple intersections of Southern place--religion, politics, sexuality, race, education--that transcend regional boundaries. This book counters conventional scholarly texts; it invites all readers interested in the South and queer themes to engage with the narratives it holds--and perhaps question their assumptions. Whitlock has sought, in collecting these essays, to seek out a diverse group of authors--across disciplines, professions, and interests--to shatter perceptions about a nostalgic, romanticized Southern culture in general."--Publsiher's description.
9781623961701 (electronic bk.) 162396170X (electronic bk.) (pbk.) (hardback)
2012953963
Gays--Southern States.
Homosexuels--États-Unis (Sud)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Gays.
Southern States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
HQ76.3.U6 / Q44 2013
363.4/90973