Revolutionary Acts
Black Gay Men in Britain
(Sprache: Englisch)
Announcing the arrival of a major new talent, Revolutionary Acts is an astonishing work of cultural history which captures Black gay Britain in startling detail.
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Announcing the arrival of a major new talent, Revolutionary Acts is an astonishing work of cultural history which captures Black gay Britain in startling detail.
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Announcing the arrival of a major new talent, Revolutionary Acts is an astonishing work of cultural history which captures Black gay Britain in startling detail.Ted. Dirg. Alex. Biggy. Marc. Dennis. Ajamu.
'A book pulsing with the rhythm of the club and the honesty of intimate conversation. It doesn't just recover and expand queer British history: it shocks it back to life.' SEÁN HEWITT, author of All Down Darkness Wide
'Exceptionally beautiful . . . Jason Okundaye has recreated a key moment in British history.' RACHEL CONNOLLY, author of Lazy City
Revolutionary Acts is an intimate portrait of seven men who serve as a living testament to the Black gay British experience. We see these men as they strive to establish some of the first Black LGBT community spaces; look on as they struggle to wrest control of their stories from the mainstream media; learn of their responses to the devastation of the AIDs crisis; and understand the vital place of nightlife and radical sex activism within the scene. Ultimately, this is the story of how they have lived and loved, fought and fucked, bonded and cared for one another.
Through sensitive interviews and original archival research Jason Okundaye invites us to walk through Brixton, reaching back to the 1970s from the present day; in doing he reclaims a fragile history, a history rarely recorded. Championing deeply personal engagement with those who have paved the way before us, Revolutionary Acts reveals the power of resilience in the face of hostile circumstances and heralds the desire for happiness, joy and brotherhood as a radical act.
Autoren-Porträt von Jason Okundaye
Jason Okundaye is a writer and journalist from South London who has contributed to publications including Dazed, i-D, VICE, Time Out, Guardian, Independent, Face, the London Review of Books, Crack, NME, Paper Magazine and GQ. He is a columnist at Tribune Magazine.Alongside activist Marc Thompson, Okundaye set up the digital archive 'Black and Gay, Back in the Day' on Instagram in February to document images of this history. It has received extensive press coverage from ITV News, BBC Radio, The Face, i-D, AnOther, amongst others. He is a member of the Black Writers' Guild. @jasebyjason
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jason Okundaye
- 2024, Main, 416 Seiten, Maße: 15,3 x 23,4 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Faber & Faber, London
- ISBN-10: 057137221X
- ISBN-13: 9780571372218
Sprache:
Englisch
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