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Black Sexualities
Price: $32.95
Subtitle: Probing
Powers, Passions, Practices, and Policies
Edited and with an
Introduction by Juan Battle and Sandra L. Barnes
Subject: African
American, Sociology
Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4602-5
Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-4601-8
Pages:
424 pages
Publication Date: December 2009
Praise for Black
Sexualities
"As the most
comprehensive map of research and scholarship on Latina/o and Black
sexualities, the sister volumes reveal that the fields have definitely
come of age. Filled with provocative arguments and illuminating
insights, the volumes mark a new and exciting epoch in the study of
human sexuality and its interactions with race and class; a must-read
for scholars and students of ethnic studies and human sexuality."—Rafael Diaz, Cesar E. Chavez Institute, San
"A path breaking
contribution and the definite resource for interdisciplinary scholars
in the growing field of Black sexualities. A highly sophisticated
intervention that fills the existing void of empirical research in this
area, while drawing from and critically engaging with the social and
behavioral science literature. This volume will forever challenge us to
rethink the categories, methods and approaches scholars use in this
rapidly developing field of study."—Arlene
Davila, author of Latino Spin:
Public Image and the Whitewashing of Race
Description:
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.
Related Title:
Latina/o Sexualities, Edited and with an
Introduction by Marysol Asencio
About the Author:
Juan Battle is a professor of sociology and public health at the
Graduate
Center of the City University of New York and the coeditor of Free at Last?:
Black America
in the Twenty-first Century.
Sandra L.
Barnes is a joint appointed professor in the department
of human and organizational development sociology and the divinity
school at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of The Cost of Being Poor:
A Comparative
Study of Life in Poor Urban Neighborhoods in Gary, Indiana.
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