Does Your Mama Know?: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Coming Out Stories
An anthology of stories, poems, interviews, and essays about black lesbian coming out. Personal testimony and community experience overlap, and the diversity of voices becomes the book’s strength.
Work Information
Not one confession, but many voices overlapping into a shared form.
By gathering short pieces in different styles, this anthology opens a space for black lesbian experience. Its emphasis on everyday detail and emotional range shows readers a layered form of self-expression.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Redbone Pr
- Published
- 1998-08-01
- Pages
- 314 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 14.61 x 1.91 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780965665902
- ISBN-10
- 0965665909
- Price
- 12448 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Gay & Lesbian/Literature & Fiction/Fiction/Lesbian
This is a collection of short stories, poems , interviews and essays by black lesbians. The complexity of emotions that accompany a black lesbian''s coming out are re flected here in these original writings. '
Reviews
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SO worth the Read!
I loved how this anthology showed the dynamism of the Lesbian (and 'coming out' experience): From senior women to young girls in their early twenties, whether born in the US / Caribbean / UK / Canada . . . such a wealth of experiences displayed here. I am a male in my mid-30's and found this book very accessible. I think this was published like 20 years ago, but the stories are still very timely and the emotional journeys universal.
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Liberation
I love this book. One paragraph stood out to me. I've read it over and over. It's from "Pure" by Tonia Byran. "Written in fear. Wondering if I too will be cast out or ostracized because I dare to think for myself, if I speak the wrong words or entertain thoughts that deviate from the supposed normalcy of the collective mentality. What does it mean when the lives and communities we build to safeguard ourselves from oppression become almost unsafe and censoring as the outside world? When truth-telling and exploration are perceived as a threat? What does it say for the future of feminism when often it is not the strength of a woman's convictions but her ability to fit in, that defines real commitment to THE CAUSE?"
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Great book
I absolutely love this book. It is filled with short stories that are interesting and exciting and thought provoking. I would recommend it to anyone thinking about buying it and even to those who weren't. You will not be dissapointed. A must read for all lesbians of color and lesbians in general.
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Four Stars
Great anthology. You will see yourself here. Don't loan it out - it'll get jacked.
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Feels Like Home
I am satisfied with this book because of the diverse stories. I especially like the stories about mothers not accepting their daughters as they are...I can relate.