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A provocative triptych of black queer desire, articulated through aesthetic works and experiences

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments   ix
Introduction   1
1. Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-87)   19
2. James Baldwin (1924-87)   73
3. Marlon Riggs (1957-94)   138
Notes   215
Bibliography   261
Index   277

About the Author

David A. Gerstner is a professor of cinema studies at the City University of New York Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island. His other books include Manly Arts: Masculinity and Nation in Early American Cinema.

Reviews

"Gerstner is a master theorist who renders a compelling and cutting-edge narrative about the complexity of black homosexual desire. The first book of its kind to specifically address the formation of black queer subjectivity in relation to white seduction, Queer Pollen offers a major contribution to African American studies, gender studies, film studies, literary studies, and art history." E. Patrick Johnson, author of Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South