Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South

by E. Patrick Johnson

Book Overview

Giving voice to a population too rarely acknowledged, Sweet Tea collects more than sixty life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the South. E. Patrick Johnson challenges stereotypes of the South as "backward" or "repressive" and offers a window into the ways black gay men negotiate their identities, build community, maintain friendship networks, and find sexual and life partners--often in spaces and activities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080783209X
• ISBN13: 9780807832097
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"