Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. E. Patrick Johnson, Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University will present Black. Queer. Southern. Women.: An Oral History. October 8 at 5:30 pm in the Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House.

Q and A  moderated by Dr. Tara T. Green (Linda Carlisle Excellence Professor, UNCG) and Dr. Valerie Johnson (Mott Professor of Africana Women’s Studies, Bennett College)

-Followed by Book Signing
-Refreshments will be served

Drawn from the life narratives of more than seventy African American queer women who were born, raised, and continue to reside in the American South, this book powerfully reveals the way these women experience and express racial, sexual, gender, and class identities–all linked by a place where such identities have generally placed them on the margins of society. Using methods of oral history and performance ethnography, E. Patrick Johnson’s work vividly enriches the historical record of racialized sexual minorities in the South and brings to light the realities of the region’s thriving black lesbian communities.

Free parking is available at  Lot 7, corner of Oakland and Tate Streets.

When: Oct 08, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Location: Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House