Godless Circumcisions: A Recollecting \u0026 Re-membering of Blackness, Queerness \u0026 Flows of Survivance By Tabias Olajuawon Wilson Kindle Edition Nonfiction Godless Circumcisions: A Recollecting \u0026 Re membering of Blackness, Queerness \u0026 Flows of Survivance Godless Circumcisions is a witty and forceful study of race, sex and politics in contemporary culture. Personal and poetic, these essays, poems and biographical trysts disrobe issues central to the black, queer and working class existences. Wilson skillfully fluctuates between academic authority, queer griot and matter of fact honesty to questions of racial sexual terror; masculine anxiety; how Black men learn the erotic, sex and vulnerability; the stereotypes of Black and BlaQueer people in the United States. Paying special attention to the costs of assimilation or cultural circumcisions Wilson invites the reader on his personal and political journey to a practice of critical love ethics.
This collection of essays poems and letters is a remarkable blend of memoir and sociology By way of short readable pieces Olajuawon Wilson relates their incredible personal story Using the forms of critique lament dialogue and autobiographical accounts Olajuawon Wilson demonstrates how systemic racism gender sexuality poverty illness domestic violence and sexual assault are inextricably weaved into the fabric of their life But the remarkable thing for me is that this is no tale of woe While deeply affecting and down to earth this book is never disheartening Joy is lifted up Joy and purpose are lifted up Forgiveness is lifted up Loss is lifted up Paradox is lifted up Camaraderie and the urgency of grasping tight to endangered kindred spirits is lifted up The need to be heard and to listen The ache to be cared for and to tend to others It s all there from the distinct voice of a vibrant young broke as a joke genderqueer politically radical genius The brilliance of Tabias Olajuawon Wilson lies in a rootedness to community a commitment to resistance and a strong cultural and political analysis that s been saturated with the highest humanism and an ethic of love Tabias Olajuawon Wilson
Godless Circumcisions is a witty and forceful study of race sex and politics in contemporary culture Personal and poetic these essays poems and biographical trysts disrobe issues central to the black queer and working class existences Wilson skillfully fluctuates between academic authority queer griot and matter of fact honesty to questions of racial sexual terror masculine anxiety how Black men learn the erotic sex and vulnerability the stereotypes of Black and BlaQueer people in the United States Paying special attention to the costs of assimilation or cultural circumcisions Wilson invites the reader on his personal and political journey to a practice of critical love ethics Godless Circumcisions A Recollecting u0026 Re membering of Blackness Queerness u0026 Flows of Survivance
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