Against the Closet

Against the Closet
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 215
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ISBN-10 : 9780822352419
ISBN-13 : 0822352419
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Book Synopsis Against the Closet by : Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman

Download or read book Against the Closet written by Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman argues that from the mid-nineteenth century through the twentieth, black writers used depictions of transgressive sexuality to express African Americans' longings for individual and collective freedom.


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