1st Edition
An Autoethnography of Queer Invisibility On Shame, Passing, and Identity Suicide
Author’s Note
Overview
Section I – Disappearing and Hiding
Chapter 1-The Urge to Disappear
Chapter 2-Hiding Behind My Persona
Section II – Developing Drevlin
Chapter 3- Becoming Drevlin
Chapter 4-Back to Smalltown America
Chapter 5-My Awakening
Section III – Running Away
Chapter 6-Uncle Sam Wants You
Chapter 7- To All the Men I Have Been Before
Section IV – Trying to Find Myself
Chapter 8- Becoming the Proud Queer: Attempt One
Chapter 9- Becoming the Proud Queer: Attempt Two
Chapter 10- Back to Smalltown America, Again!
Chapter 11- Becoming the Proud Queer: Attempt Three
Section V – Living My Life
Chapter 12- Living My Best Life
Chapter 13- Returning to Academe
Chapter 14- Living In Washington
Chapter 15-Drevlin is a Part of Me
Epilogue
End Notes
References
Biography
David F. Purnell is a visiting professor at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, where he teaches a specialty class on Communicating Identity and Difference. His publications are mostly related to the focus of this book—issues of identity and shame. David lives in Tacoma, WA, and enjoys exploring the beauty of the Pacific Northwest through his daily walking with and in the various landscapes offered to him.
