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 professor in psychology at Flinders University and Australian Research Council future fellow.Jacks Cheng, PhD, EdM, (ta, he, they) is a queer migrant of Taiwanese heritage to Canada and the U.S. Ta works as supervising psychologist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Ta is also the 2023 Chair of the Committee on Early Career Psychologists of the American Psychological Association. Sulaimon Giwa, PhD, (he/him/his) is an associate professor and interim dean of social work at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. Sulaimon is a scholar-activist who self-identifies as Black, Muslim, and gay. He authored the 2022 book, Racism and Gay Men of Color: Living and Coping with Discrimination. Damien W. Riggs is professor in psychology at Flinders University and Australian Research Council future fellow.T. K. Rogers is retired engineer and STEM educator.

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), Riggs Damien W. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781498537162
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3716-2
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Critical Perspectives on the P; Critical Perspectives on the Psychology of Sexuality, Gender, and Queer Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Untersuchungen zu Homosexualität / LGBTQ, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBT Studies / General, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gay & Lesbian studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies, Social discrimination and social justice, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Gender studies: transgender & intersex