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Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful Shame: Where “Black” Meets “Queer”

Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful Shame: Where “Black” Meets “Queer” B o o k R e v i e w K a th ry n B o nd S tockto n, B e a u tifu l B o tto m , B e a u tifu l S h a m e : W here "B la c k " M e e ts " Q u e e r " (D u rh a m , N.C.: Duke UP), 2006. 271 + x i pp. ISBN 0-8223-3796-7 R E V I E W E D B Y H E A T H E R L O V E he focus o f Kathryn Bond Stockton's arresting ne w book is sham e and the ways th a t it inflects m od ern black and queer experience and representation. Shame and negative affect m ore generally have been central to a great deal o f recent w o rk in queer and eth nic studies. S till, Stockton does not assume th a t shame is o f interest; she instead incites her reader th ro u g h a series o f challenging (and often so m e w h a t sham ing) invoca tions http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png English Language Notes Duke University Press

Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful Shame: Where “Black” Meets “Queer”

Love, Heather; Garrity, Jane
English Language Notes , Volume 45 (2) – Sep 1, 2007
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Copyright © 2007 Regents of the University of Colorado
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0013-8282
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2573-3575
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10.1215/00138282-45.2.205
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B o o k R e v i e w K a th ry n B o nd S tockto n, B e a u tifu l B o tto m , B e a u tifu l S h a m e : W here "B la c k " M e e ts " Q u e e r " (D u rh a m , N.C.: Duke UP), 2006. 271 + x i pp. ISBN 0-8223-3796-7 R E V I E W E D B Y H E A T H E R L O V E he focus o f Kathryn Bond Stockton's arresting ne w book is sham e and the ways th a t it inflects m od ern black and queer experience and representation. Shame and negative affect m ore generally have been central to a great deal o f recent w o rk in queer and eth nic studies. S till, Stockton does not assume th a t shame is o f interest; she instead incites her reader th ro u g h a series o f challenging (and often so m e w h a t sham ing) invoca tions

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English Language Notes – Duke University Press

Published: Sep 1, 2007

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