
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A wide-ranging overview of contemporary literary works by LGBTQ Appalachians with a focus on LGBTQ themes and characters.
The first book of its kind, Doubly Erased is a comprehensive study of the rich tradition of LGBTQ themes and characters in Appalachian novels, memoirs, poetry, drama, and film. Appalachia has long been seen as homogenous and tradition-bound. Allison E. Carey helps to remedy this misunderstanding, arguing that it has led to LGBTQ Appalachian authors being doubly erased-routinely overlooked both within United States literature because they are Appalachian and within the Appalachian literary tradition because they are queer. In exploring motifs of visibility, silence, storytelling, home, food, and more, Carey brings the full significance and range of LGBTQ Appalachian literature into relief. Dorothy Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina and Alison Bechdel's Fun Home are considered alongside works by Maggie Anderson, doris davenport, Jeff Mann, Lisa Alther, Julia Watts, Fenton Johnson, and Silas House, as well as filmmaker Beth Stephens. While primarily focused on 1976 to 2020, Doubly Erased also looks back to the region's literary "elders," thoughtfully mapping the place of sexuality in the lives and works of George Scarbrough, Byron Herbert Reece, and James Still.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Elders of LGBTQ Appalachian Literature
- Chapter 2 The Conversation Begins: Landmark Texts and Trailblazing Authors
- Chapter 3 Visibility and Seeing: Photography in LGBTQ Appalachian Literature
- Chapter 4 Silences and Storytelling in LGBTQ Appalachian Literature
- Chapter 5 HomePlaceBody: The Pleasures and Perils of the Physical World
- Chapter 6 Flight and Food: Transcending Life and Death in LGBTQ Appalachian Literature
- Conclusion
- Appendix: doris davenport Videos
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover