Critical Articulations of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation

by Sheena C. Howard (Editor), Godfried Asante (Contribution by), Claudia Bucciferro (Contribution by), Sakile K. Camara (Contribution by), Brad Crownover (Contribution by)

Overview

This collection features engaging scholarly essays and creative writings that examine the meaning of race, gender, and sexual orientation as interlocking systems of oppression. It provides a meaningful space to analyze identity and identity politics, highlighting the complexities of identity formation in the twenty-first century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780739199169
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	09/17/2014
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sheena C. Howard is assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Rider University.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Sheena C. Howard “In Teaching Persona”, Shelly Bell Part I: Queer Identity Matrix Chapter 1: Coming In/Out of the Closet: Living In-Between Singlehood and Relationship(s) through a Gay Asian Body, Shinsuke Eguchi Chapter 2: Divided Loyalties: Exploring the Intersections of Queerness, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender, Richard G. Jones, Jr. Chapter 3: Young Black and Latino Gay Men’s Experiences with Racial Microaggressions, Lourdes D. Follins Chapter 4: Organizing Foreignness: Of Aliens, Permanence, and Shape-Shifters, Rahul Mitra “The Origin of Coming Out”, Shelly Bell Part II: Identity Formation Chapter 5: Latinas in the United States: Articulating Discourses of Identity and Difference, Claudia Bucciferro Chapter 6: Me and My Shadow(s): Essays of Self and Identity, Brad Crownover Chapter 7: Reliving Oppression: Becoming Black, Becoming Gay, Godfried Asante and Myra N. Roberts Chapter 8: Coming Out, Covering, Connecting: De/Colonizing Epistemics of Ethnography and Ethnographer Positionality in Malaysia, Cheryl L. Nicholas “What Truth?”, Shelly Bell Part III: Mass Mediated Representations Chapter 9: Trans*ing Priestly Performances: Re-Reading Gender Potentiality in Erdrich’s The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, Benjamin LeMaster and Meggie Mapes Chapter 10: Marking My Black Feminist Heterosexism: Taking Autoethnographic Notes from Pariah, Rachel Alicia Griffin Chapter 11: Heterosexual Masculinity, the Self, and Social Needs: The Homicidal Hazing of Robert Champion, Michele K. Lewis Chapter 12: A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA) of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation within the YouTube-based "It Gets Better Project", Laurie Phillips Honda Chapter 13: "Don’t Even Go There!" A Black Women’s Standpoint and Conversation Analysis of an Online Discussion about Racial Labeling, Darlene K. Drummond and Sakile Kai Camara Chapter 14: Friends of Batman (And Dorothy): Queering the Green Hornet Television Series, Bruce E. Drushel

Editorial Reviews

This thoughtful and provocative text uses personal narratives, self-reflexive analysis, and ethnographic inquiry to create a colorful tapestry highlighting the varied yet similar experiences of many within the LGBTQI community of color. It sets itself apart from other texts in that it covers a wide range of intersecting identities and provides a depth of understanding around sexual identity negotiation. I recommend this text for courses on identity negotiation, intercultural communication, LGBTQI studies and gender studies.

Kesha Morant Williams

Critical Articulations of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation is a thought provoking text, which examines notions of intersectionality and identity. Dr. Howard masterfully curates a volume that brings together critical perspectives to challenge heteronormative discourses around identity, while centering the lived experiences of LGBTQI persons of color. This text provides much needed intellectual insight into the conversation of identity negotiation and communicative processes.

VaNatta S. Ford