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A groundbreaking collection tracing the history of intellectual thought by Black Lesbian writers, in the tradition of The New Press’s perennial seller Words of Fire “Briona Simone Jones’s anthology Mouths of Rain is an audacious, unapologetic, transgressive collection of Black ‘queer’ writing across genre, time, identity, age, and political leanings. This sister/companion to Words of Fire, published thirty years ago, makes visible—again—our passionate and unwavering commitments to the eradication of all oppressions. It bears witness to the necessity and power of the field of Black Lesbian Studies and is a love offering to us all.” —Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman College and editor of Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought Winner, Publishing Triangle’s Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction Winner, Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Anthology African American lesbian writers and theorists have made extraordinary contributions to feminist theory, activism, and writing. Mouths of Rain, the companion anthology to Beverly Guy-Sheftall’s classic Words of Fire, traces the long history of intellectual thought produced by Black Lesbian writers, spanning the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century. Using “Black Lesbian” as a capacious signifier, Mouths of Rain includes writing by Black women who have shared intimate and loving relationships with other women, as well as Black women who see bonding as mutual, Black women who have self-identified as lesbian, Black women who have written about Black Lesbians, and Black women who theorize about and see the word lesbian as a political descriptor that disrupts and critiques capitalism, heterosexism, and heteropatriarchy. Taking its title from a poem by Audre Lorde, Mouths of Rain addresses pervasive issues such as misogynoir and anti-blackness while also attending to love, romance, “coming out,” and the erotic
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Rassemblant quarante-deux essais révolutionnaires, dont beaucoup sont déjà des classiques, The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader fournit une introduction indispensable à l'état contemporain des études lesbiennes/gay, illustrant largement l'étendue, la portée, la diversité, l'attrait et puissance du travail actuellement réalisé dans le domaine. Présentant des essais d'éminents chercheurs tels que Judith Butler, John D'Emilio, Kobena Mercer, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin et Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader explore une multitude d'expériences sexuelles, ethniques, raciales et socio-économiques. . S'étendant sur des disciplines telles que l'histoire, la littérature, la théorie critique, les études culturelles, les études afro-américaines, les études ethniques, la sociologie, l'anthropologie, la psychologie, les classiques et la philosophie, cette anthologie retrace l'inscription des significations sexuelles dans toutes les formes d'expression culturelle. Représentant le meilleur et le plus important travail en langue anglaise dans le domaine, The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader aborde des sujets tels que les rôles butch-fem, la construction culturelle du genre, le séparatisme lesbien, la théorie féministe, le sida, l'éducation sexuelle sans risque, le colonialisme, le S /M, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, les livres pour enfants, le nationalisme noir, les films populaires, Susan Sontag, le placard, l'homophobie, Freud, Sappho, les médias, les hijrasde l'Inde, Robert Mapplethorpe, et la politique de représentation. Il contient également un essai bibliographique détaillé qui fournira aux lecteurs un guide inestimable pour des lectures complémentaires. Contributeurs :Henry Abelove, Tomas Almaguer, Ana Maria Alonso, Michele Barale, Judith Butler, Sue-Ellen Case, Danae Clark, Douglas sertissage, Teresa de Lauretis, John D'Emilio, Jonathan Dollimore, Lee Edelman, Marilyn Frye, Charlotte Furth, Marjorie Garber , Stuart Hall, David Halperin, Phillip Brian Harper, Gloria T. Hull, Maria Teresa Koreck, Audre Lorde, Biddy Martin, Deborah E. McDowell, Kobena Mercer, Richard Meyer, DA Miller, Serena Nanda, Esther Newton, Cindy Patton, Adrienne Rich, Gayle Rubin, Joan W. Scott, Daniel L. Selden, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Barbara Smith, Catharine R. Stimpson, Sasha Torres, Martha Vicinus, Simon Watney, Harriet Whitehead, John J. Winkler, Monique Wittig et Yvonne Yarbro -Bejarano