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Richardson, Matt, 1969-

The Queer Limit of Black Memory Black Lesbian Literature and Irresolution / Matt Richardson. - 1 online resource (256 p.) - Black performance and cultural criticism . - Black performance and cultural criticism. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : listening to the archives : Black lesbian literature and queer memory -- Desirous mistresses and unruly slaves : neo-slave narratives, property, power, and desire -- Small movements : queer blues epistemologies in Cherry Muhanji's Her -- "Mens womens some that is both some that is neither" : spiritual epistemology and queering the Black rural South in the work of Sharon Bridgforth -- "Make it up and trace it back" : remembering Black trans subjectivity in Jackie Kay's Trumpet -- What grace was : erotic epistemologies and diasporic belonging in Dionne Brand's In another place, not here -- Epilogue : grieving the queer : anti-Black violence and black collective memory.

Open Access

ISBN: 9780814270172 0814270174

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Brand, Dionne, 1953- --Criticism and interpretation.
Kay, Jackie, 1961- --Criticism and interpretation.
Bridgforth, Sharon--Criticism and interpretation.
Muhanji, Cherry--Criticism and interpretation.
Brown, Laurinda D.--Criticism and interpretation.
Adamz-Bogus, SDiane, 1946- --Criticism and interpretation.
Barnett, LaShonda K. 1974- --Criticism and interpretation.
Gomez, Jewelle, 1948- --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Blacks in literature.
Lesbianism in literature.
Lesbians in literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN56.L45 / R53 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 809/.933526643