Good White Queers? Racism and Whiteness in Queer U.S. Comics

How do white queer people portray our own whiteness? Can we, in the stories we tell about ourselves, face the uncomfortable fact that, while queer, we might still be racist? If we cannot, what does that say about us as potential allies in intersectional struggles? A careful analysis of Dykes To Watc...

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Main Author: Linke, Kai (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
Series:Queer Studies 23
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