Fear of a Black femme: The existential conundrum of embodying a Black femme identity while being a professor of Black, queer, and feminist studies
| Autor: | Kaila Adia Story |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Existentialism
Invisibility Identity (social science) 050109 social psychology Feminism Gender Studies Sexual and Gender Minorities Politics Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology Sexual identity 05 social sciences Gender Identity Homosexuality Female Gender studies Fear General Medicine Faculty Black or African American 050903 gender studies Queer Female 0509 other social sciences Black feminism |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Lesbian Studies. 21:407-419 |
| ISSN: | 1540-3548 1089-4160 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10894160.2016.1165043 |
| Popis: | Although a Black femme identity has been defined and embodied by many as an identity with Black feminist roots and revolutionary potentials, Black femmes are still rendered hypervisible and invisible through racist and heteronormative politics. Similarly, embodying a Black femme identity as a professor in academia often engenders these same pretenses of hypervisibility and invisibility. This essay explores what this existential conundrum has been for me as both a Black femme and professor of Black queer and feminist studies, while illuminating the mix of forces within academia that have attempted to stifle my chosen sexual identity and gendered performance. |
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