Civic Intimacies – Black Queer Improvisations on Citizenship Van Doorn Paperback

Civic Intimacies\nby Niels van Doorn\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Niels van Doorn\nTitle: Civic Intimacies\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social and cultural history\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781439918432\nISBN-10: 1439918430\nRRP: \u00A331.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nBlack queer lives often exist outside conventional civic institutions and therefore have to explore alternative intimacies to experience a sense of belonging. Civic Intimacies examines howand to what extentthese different forms of intimacy catalyze the values, aspirations, and collective flourishing of Black queer denizens of Baltimore. Niels van Doorn draws on 18 months of immersive ethnographic fieldwork for his innovative cross-disciplinary analysis of contemporary deb.