{"product_id":"a-black-queer-history-of-the-united-states-revisioning-history","title":"A Black Queer History of the United States (Revisioning History)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eC. Riley Snorton \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of English Language and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and the author of \n\u003ci\u003eNobody Is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eBlack on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity\u003c\/i\u003e, which won numerous awards including the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction, the Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies from the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, and an honorable mention from the American Library Association Stonewall Book Award Committee. \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDarius Bost \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Black Studies and Gender \u0026amp; Women's Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago \n\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e Bost is the author of the award-winning book, \n\u003ci\u003eEvidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Chicago Press, 2019).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAuthors' Note\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePART I: PROOFS OF EXISTENCE\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER ONE \n\u003cbr\u003eThe Erotic Life of Colonialism and Slavery \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER TWO \n\u003cbr\u003eBy Any Other Name \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER THREE \n\u003cbr\u003eOn the Outs \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER FOUR \n\u003cbr\u003eWerk! \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePART II: WE CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT OUR LIVES\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER FIVE \n\u003cbr\u003eComing Together \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCHAPTER SIX \n\u003cbr\u003eSurvival Is Not a Luxury \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCONCLUSION \n\u003cbr\u003eAfter We've Created Our Own History \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A historical appreciation of queer Black culture and how it shaped American history.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Illuminating . . . [A]n excellent window into a long-repressed past.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eA Black Queer History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e isn't just a book--it's a balm, a battle cry, and a beautifully subversive remix of the American story. With wit, rigor, and archival elegance, Snorton and Bost have queered the timeline, centering the lives, loves, and legacies of Black LGBTQ+ folks from the colonial past to the chaotic now. They don't just fill the gaps; they flood them--with kinship, resistance, and receipts.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Cheryl Dunye, writer-director, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Watermelon Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Moving through small towns and social movements, \n\u003ci\u003eA Black Queer History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e shows how Black queer and trans life has always been a site of world-building. This book doesn't ask to be centered, instead it just starts speaking, and everything else rearranges. I needed it. We all do.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Tourmaline, author of \n\u003ci\u003eMarsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eA Black Queer History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e explores and collects the untold and told stories of how the most vulnerable people in this nation worked to shape its culture. C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost can now add their names and this volume to the list of trailblazers, movements, publications, and performances they've so skillfully researched for this groundbreaking endeavor. From the colonial-era agitators to contemporary poets, Bost and Snorton know who we are and tell our story, reminding us not only that we've always been here but also that we are what's best about and for America.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e--Jericho Brown, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (2002) for \n\u003ci\u003eThe Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study traces the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present day \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGender and sexual expression have always been part of the Black freedom struggle\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this latest book in Beacon's award-winning \n\u003ci\u003eReVisioning History \u003c\/i\u003eseries, Professors C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost unearth the often overlooked history of the Black queer community in the United States. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArguing that both gender and sexual expression have been an intimate and intricate part of Black freedom struggle, Snorton and Bost present historical contributions of Black queer, trans, and gender non-conforming Americans from slavery to the present day to highlight how the fight against racial injustice has always been linked to that of sexual and gender justice. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterweaving stories of queer and trans figures such as: \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrivate William Cathay\/Cathay Williams, born female but enlisted in the Army as a man in the mid-1860s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJosephine Baker, internationally known dancer and entertainer of the early 20th century who was also openly bisexual\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBayard Rustin, prominent Civil Rights activist whose well known homosexuality was viewed as a potential threat to the movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmanda Milan, a black trans woman whose murder in 2000 unified the trans people of color community, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003ethis book includes a deep dive into the marginalization, unjust criminalization, and government legislation of Black queer and trans existence. It also shows how Black Americans have played an integral role in the modern LGBTQ rights movement, countering narratives that have predominantly focused on white Americans. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough storytelling and other narratives, Snorton and Bost show how the Black queer community has always existed, regardless of the attempts to stamp it out, and how those in it continue to fight for their rightful place in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/27\/2025 (EAN 9780807008553, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/01\/2025 (EAN 9780807008553, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496039416086,"sku":"9780807008553","price":34.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780807008553.jpg?v=1783051466","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/a-black-queer-history-of-the-united-states-revisioning-history","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}