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Informationen zum Autor E. Patrick Johnson is Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University and the author and editor of several books, most recently No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Theory, also published by Duke University Press. Alexis Pauline Gumbs is Visiting Winton Chair in the Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota and author of M Archive and Spill, both also published by Duke University Press. Klappentext E. Patrick Johnson is Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University and the author and editor of several books, most recently¿No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Theory, also published by Duke University Press. Alexis Pauline Gumbs is Visiting Winton Chair in the Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota and author of M Archive and Spill, both also published by Duke University Press. Zusammenfassung In this engaging and moving book, E. Patrick Johnson combines magical realism, poetry, and performative writing to bear witness to the real-life stories of black southern queer women in ways that reveal the complexity of identity and the challenges these women face. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword / Alexis Pauline Gumbs ix Preface. You Catch More Bees with Honey Than with Vinegar xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction. The Adventures of Miss B. and Me 1 1. The Hive 5 2. Blessed Bee 55 3. Honeybee Blues 69 4. Honey Love 112 5. Beebop and Beeswax 132 6. All Hail the Queen (Bee) 153 Epilogue. Flight 220 Appendix. List of Honeybees 223 Notes 227 Index 229
