Why does society have difficulty discussing sexualities? Where does fear of Black sexualities emerge and how is it manifested? How can varied experiences of Black females and males who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), or straight help inform dialogue and academic inquiry?
From questioning forces that have constrained sexual choices to examining how Blacks have forged healthy sexual identities in an oppressive environment, Black Sexualities acknowledges the diversity of the Black experience and the shared legacy of racism. Contributors seek resolution to Blacks' understanding of their lives as sexual beings through stories of empowerment, healing, self-awareness, victories, and other historic and contemporary life-course panoramas and provide practical information to foster more culturally relative research, tolerance, and acceptance.
Author(s): Juan Battle, Sandra L. Barnes
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 424
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
PART ONE: Identity Theories and New Frameworks......Page 26
1 Nontraditional, Nonconforming, and Transgressive Gender Expression and Relationship Modalities in Black Communities......Page 30
2 Creation Out of Bounds: Toward Wholistic Identity......Page 50
3 On the Fear of Small Numbers: A Twenty-First-Century Prolegomenon of the U.S. Black Transgender Experience......Page 70
4 Blackness, Sexuality, and Transnational Desire: Initial Notes toward a New Research Agenda......Page 95
PART TWO: Descriptions, Depictions, and Responses......Page 110
5 Pathologizing Black Sexuality: The U.S. Experience......Page 114
6 Dangerous Profiling: Recent Media Representations of Black Male Sexuality......Page 132
7 Revisiting Black Sexualities in Families: Problems, Puzzles, and Prospects......Page 151
8 To Be Fluent in Each Other’s Narratives: Surplus Populations and Queer of Color Activism......Page 168
PART THREE: Citizenship, Activism, and Legal Dynamics......Page 182
10 Black Sexual Citizenship: Understanding the Impact of Political Issues on Those at the Margins of Race, Sexuality, Gender, and Class......Page 203
11 Racialized Justice Spreads HIV/AIDS among Blacks......Page 226
12 Black and Latino Same-Sex Couple Households and the Racial Dynamics of Antigay Activism......Page 256
PART FOUR: Negotiating Systemic and Personal Stresses......Page 282
13 Blacks and Racial Appraisals: Gender, Race, and Intraracial Rape......Page 286
14 When Secrets Hurt: HIV Disclosure and the Stress Paradigm......Page 312
15 Black Female Sex Workers: Racial Identity, Black Feminist Consciousness, and Acculturated Stress......Page 324
16 Yes, Jesus Loves Me: The Liberating Power of Spiritual Acceptance for Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Christians......Page 340
PART FIVE: The Life Course......Page 366
17 Black Mother-Daughter Narratives about Sexuality: The Influence of Black Religious Symbolism on Attitudes and Behavior......Page 370
18 Black Youth Sexuality: Established Paradigms and New Approaches......Page 390
19 “I’ll Be Forever Mackin’”: The Social Construction of Black Masculine Identity in Hip Hop’s Platinum Age......Page 414
20 Black Senior Women and Sexuality......Page 436
Epilogue: What’s Next for the Study and Application of Black Sexualities?......Page 456
Notes on Contributors......Page 458
Index......Page 460
