In this book gays and lesbians from the Deep South to East Texas
and Appalachia speak from vivid personal experience and turn an
analytical eye on the South and its culture. Some contributors
examine the power of traditional Southern attitudes toward race and
religion, and consider the "don't ask, don't tell" attitude about
homosexuality in some communities (the "public secret"). Other
contributors show how gay culture is thriving in the form of
women's festivals, gay bars, and unusual networks like that of
Asian and Pacific Islanders in Atlanta. Out in the South is
organized into sections that focus on a central metaphor of space
and location. This grounds the book in the sense of the South as a
special region and in the inside/outside dilemma faced by many gay
and lesbian Southerners as they negotiate their place in an
often-inhospitable homeland. Author note: Carlos L. Dews is
Associate Professor of English at the University of West Florida.
He is the editor of Carson McCullers' unfinished autobiography,
Illumination and Night Glare. Carolyn Leste Law is Dissertation
Advisor in the Graduate School at Northern Illinois University and
an independent scholar interested in social justice. Together, they
edited This Fine Place So Far from Home: Voices of Academics from
the Working Class (Temple).
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