Publication
University Press of Florida (2009), 288 pages
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Content and Summary Info
Bisexual Content: Claude McKay (cisgender man) had romantic and/or sexual relationships with people of more than one gender.
Intersecting Marginalized Identities: Claude McKay was black, Jamaican.
Publisher's Summary: ...This study of four of McKay's texts—a literary, cultural, and historical analysis to address the multilayered “queer black anarchism” in McKay's writings—argues that McKay's “fringe” perspective not only targeted him for investigation but also contributed to a declining literary reputation. Perceived as mystifying and unacceptable because of his dedication to communism, McKay is perplexing and difficult to classify within the traditional constructs of the Harlem Renaissance...