1st Edition
Growing Up Gay in the South Race, Gender, and Journeys of the Spirit
By James Sears
Copyright 1991
550 Pages
by
Routledge
550 Pages
by
Routledge
550 Pages
by
Routledge
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This groundbreaking new book weaves personal portraits of lesbian and gay Southerners with interdisciplinary commentary about the impact of culture, race, and gender on the development of sexual identity. Growing Up Gay in the South is an important book that focuses on the distinct features of Southern life. It will enrich your understanding of the unique pressures faced by gay men and lesbians in... Read more
Contents
Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Peering Through Prisms of Sexual Rebels
- Vantage Point I: Homosexuality and the Religious South
- Chapter 2: White Churches: The Southern Baptists and the Fundamentalists
- Vince and the True Tones
- Chapter 3: Black Churches and Sects: The African Methodists and the Jehovah’s Witnesses
- Malcolm and the Young Pioneers
- Vantage Point II: Homosexuality and Southern Communities
- Chapter 4: “White Trash” and Female in a Southern Community
- Norma Jean, ROTC, and the Live Oak Tree
- Chapter 5: A Gentle-man in a Southern Community
- Royce and the Rockview Country Club
- Chapter 6: Black or Gay in a Southern Community
- Jacob and the Bus Boycott
- Vantage Point III: Homosexuality and Southern Families
- Chapter 7: Questioning Authority in a Southern Black Family
- Obie and the Breaking of Ties
- Chapter 8: Honoring and Carrying on the Family Name
- Terry and the Two Tux Prom
- Vantage Point IV: Gender and Sexuality: Being and Behaving Queer in the South
- Chapter 9: The Kids
- Cory and the Little Redneck Hell-Raisers
- Chapter 10: The Outcasts
- Alston and the Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Chapter 11: The Tomboys
- Everetta and the Cinderella Complex
- Vantage Point V: Sexuality and Adolescence: Peers, Queers, and Fears
- Chapter 12: Relationships
- Olivia and the Silenced Relationships
- Chapter 13: Peers
- Phillip, Edith, and the Three Musketeers
- Chapter 14: Educators
- Brett and the Baseball Bat
- Chapter 15: On Homosexual Communities, Identities, and Culture: Journeys of the Spirit
- Appendix: Research Methods, Methodological Issues, and Participant Data
Biography
James Sears
