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Nobody is Supposed to Know
C. Riley Snorton
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Description for Nobody is Supposed to Know
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFSJ2; JFSK2; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Since the early 2000s, the phenomenon of the down low -black men who have sex with men as well as women and do not identify as gay, queer, or bisexual-has exploded in news media and popular culture, from the Oprah Winfrey Show to R & B singer R. Kelly's hip hopera Trapped in the Closet. Most down-low stories are morality tales in which black men are either predators who risk infecting their unsuspecting female partners with HIV or victims of a pathological black culture that repudiates openly gay identities. In both cases, down-low narratives depict black men as sexually ... Read more
Since the early 2000s, the phenomenon of the down low -black men who have sex with men as well as women and do not identify as gay, queer, or bisexual-has exploded in news media and popular culture, from the Oprah Winfrey Show to R & B singer R. Kelly's hip hopera Trapped in the Closet. Most down-low stories are morality tales in which black men are either predators who risk infecting their unsuspecting female partners with HIV or victims of a pathological black culture that repudiates openly gay identities. In both cases, down-low narratives depict black men as sexually ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Condition
New
Number of pages
216
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816677979
SKU
V9780816677979
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About C. Riley Snorton
C. Riley Snorton is assistant professor of communication studies at Northwestern University.
Reviews for Nobody is Supposed to Know
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 ... Read more