Racial Erotics: Gay Men of Color, Sexual Racism, and the Politics of Desire Poetry | American | African American & Black ; Poetry | LGBTQ+ ; Poetry | Women Authors ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1934157305

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1934157305

the Goncourt

'Startlingly honest' - Phil Gifford

and histories of racism

without a fleet

Racial Erotics: Gay Men of Color, Sexual Racism, and the Politics of Desire Poetry | American | African American & Black ; Poetry | LGBTQ+ ; Poetry | Women Authors ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1934157305Sexual desire, often understood as personal erotic preference, is frequently seen as neutral, natural, or inevitable. Countering these commonplace assumptions, Racial Erotics shows how sexual partnering within communities of gay men is deeply embedded within larger social structures that define whiteness as desirable and normative while othering men of color. In queer erotic economies this othering may take the form of sexual rejection or