Translating (black) queerness: Unpacking the conceptual linkages between racialized masculinities, consensual sex, and the practice of torture

Souls

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-166

  Foster, Guy Mark ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Abu Ghraib; Black men; Fanon; Race rape; Sexuality; The closet; Torture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871555148     PISSN: 10999949     EISSN: 15483843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10999940902910164     Document Type: Article

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