Psychic Life of Racism in Gay Men''s Communities

Exploring tensions within gay men's communities in regard to race, The Psychic Life of Racism in Gay Men's Communities examines the operations of racialized desire, highlighting the considerable diversity among gay men's experiences.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Gay Racism by Denton Callander, Martin Holt, and Christy Newman
Chapter 2: Islamophobia, Racialization, and Mis-Interpellation in Gay Men's Communities by Ibrahim Abraham
Chapter 3: Gay Orientalism by Jacks ChengChapter 4: Homonationalism and Failure to Interpellate: The "Queer Muslim Woman" in Ontario's "Sex-Ed Debates" by Sonny Dhoot
Chapter 5: "Not Into Chopsticks or Curries": Erotic Capital and the Psychic Life of Racism on Grindr by Emerich Daroya
Chapter 6: Coping with Racism and Racial Trauma: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of How Gay Men from the African Diaspora Experience and Negotiate Racist Encounters by Sulaimon Giwa
Chapter 7: "It Can't Possibly be Racism!": The White Racial Frame and Resistance to Sexual Racism by Jesus Gregorio Smith
Chapter 8: Recentering Asianness in the Discourse on Homonationalism by Alexandra Marie Rivera and Dale Dagar Maglalang

About the author

Damien W. Riggs is associate professor in social work at Flinders University and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow.

Summary

Exploring tensions within gay men’s communities in regard to race, The Psychic Life of Racism in Gay Men’s Communities examines the operations of racialized desire, highlighting the considerable diversity among gay men’s experiences.

Product details

• Authors: Damien W. Riggs
• Assisted by: Damien W Riggs (Editor), Damien W. Riggs (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498537148
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3714-8
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Critical Perspectives On The P; Critical Perspectives on the Psychology of Sexuality, Gender, and Queer Studies; Critical Perspectives on the P; Critical Perspectives on the Psychology of Sexuality, Gender, and Queer Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories