Fashioning lives : black queers and the politics of literacy / Eric Darnell Pritchard.
| Author/creator | Pritchard, Eric Darnell author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2017. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: black queer meanings of literacy -- "Treacherous enterprises": hiding/out through literacy concealment -- "Because of their fearlessness, I felt empowered": ancestors, fictive kin, and elders -- "Spiritual wanderers and resident aliens": the unholy life of literacy normativity and the creation of black queer spiritualities -- Feeling myself: refashioning undesirability in black queer digital spheres -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | What does language mean to the Black LGBTQ person? Author Eric Darnell Pritchard provides a theoretical framework for studying the literacy work of Black LGBTQ people, who do not fit into the traditional categories imposed on their language practices and identities. Examining the myriad ways literacy is used to inflict harm, Pritchard discusses how these harmful events prompt Black LGBTQ people to ensure their own survival by repurposing literacy through literacy performances fueled by accountability to self and communal love towards social and political change, a process the author calls "restorative literacies." Pritchard highlights restorative literacies in literacy institutions (e.g., libraries, schools), historical records repositories, religious and spiritual spaces, parties, community events, activist organizations, and digital spheres. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Pritchard, Eric Darnell. Fashioning lives. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2017 9780809335541 0809335549 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| LCCN | 2016018365 |
| ISBN | 9780809335558 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0809335557 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |