Paper Proposal-Black Sexualities

by / On August 31, 2020 / In English and Literature, MLA

In 2-3 paragraphs, discuss the central theme/argument that forms transcend phases and how readers might see and analyze these stories in their own context and in conversation with each other using 2-3 primary texts from the list below.

Specifically, discuss what concerns and/or issues that are at the intersection of Anti Black and racist violence and how these concerns/issues intersect with violence against Queer and Trans bodies?

What specifically does the critical material (from the texts and other sources) help address?

Texts:

Black Like Us (Carbado, McBride, Weise, eds.) available on archive.org for FREE

No Tea, No Shade (E. Patrick Johnson)

Black Queer Studies (E. Patrick Johnson)

You can choose another 1-2 SECONDARY sources: (heres two examples)

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity (C. Riley Snorton)

Nobody Is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low ( C. Riley Snorton)