The specter of the black fag: Parody, blackness, and hetero/homosexual b(r)others

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 45, Issue 2-4, 2003, Pages 217-234

  Johnson, E Patrick ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Blackness; Masculinity; Melancholia; Parody; Performance

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTING OUT; AGGRESSION; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASCULINITY; MELANCHOLIA; NEGRO; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FAMOUS PERSONS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; STEREOTYPING; TELEVISION;

EID: 0344442722     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v45n02_10     Document Type: Article

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