Tacit Subjects: Belonging and Same-Sex Desire among Dominican Immigrant Men
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822349450 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 328 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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They also offer a view of “gay New York” that foregrounds the struggles for respect, belonging, and survival within a particular immigrant community.. Many of them migrated and survived through the resources of their families and broader communities. Drawing on ethnographic research with Dominicans in New York City, Carlos Ulises Decena explains that while the men who shared their life stories with him may self-identify as gay, they are not the liberated figures of traditional gay migration narratives. Their stories reveal how differences in class, race, and education shape their relations with fellow Dominicans. Analyzing their recollections about migration, settlement, masculinity, sex, and return trips to the Dominican Republic, Decena describes how the men at the center of Tacit Subjects contest, reproduce, and reformulate Dominican identity in New York. Explicit acknowledgment or discussion of their homosexuality might rupture these crucial social and familial bonds. Tacit Subjects is a pioneering analysis of how gay immigrant men of color negotiate race, sexuality, and power in t
He exhorts us to consider alternative modes of queer habitations ensconced in histories of racialized migration, colonial occupations, poverty, dictatorship, and humdrum existence in late-capitalist America.” —Martin Manalansan IV, author of Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora. Carlos Ulises Decena meticulously engages with, departs from, energizes, and reframes recent LBGTQ scholarship. “Tacit Subjects is a joy to read, an important piece of ethnographic scholarship, and a crucial node for a more enlightened and progressive understanding of queer lives lived on the edges of nations, histories, and cultures