Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
There has been much interest in the phenomenon called "the Down Low," in which "otherwise heterosexual" African American men have sex with other black men. This essay explores the biopolitics at play in the media’s curiosity about the Down Low. The Down Low serves as a critical, transgressive heterotopia that reveals the codetermination of racism, sexism, and heterosexism in black male sexuality.
Original Publication Citation
Brad, Stone E.“The Down Low and the Sexuality of Race,” Foucault Studies 12 (2011): 36-‐50.
Publisher Statement
© Brad Elliott Stone, 2011.
Digital Commons @ LMU & LLS Citation
Stone, Brad E., "The Down Low and the Sexuality of Race" (2011). Philosophy Faculty Works. 62.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/phil_fac/62
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Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Philosophy Commons, Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons
