There's a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life

by Jafari S. Allen

Book Overview

In There's A Disco Ball Between Us, Jafari S. Allen offers a sweeping and lively ethnographic and intellectual history of what he calls "Black gay habits of mind." In conversational and lyrical language, Allen locates this sensibility as it emerged from radical Black lesbian activism and writing during the long 1980s. He traverses multiple temporalities and locations, drawing on research and fieldwork conducted across the globe, from Nairobi,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478014598
• ISBN13: 9781478014591
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"