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Samantha Tenorio
WOMEN-LOVING WOMEN: QUEERING BLACK
URBAN SPACE DURING THE HARLEM
RENAISSANCE
INTRODUCTION
Statement of Purpose
I examine the ways in which certain sites and forms of cultural production during the Harlem
Renaissance provide a space for, and even foster, the transgression of racial and sexual norms, and thus informed the formation of new identities, such as that of women-loving women.
OUTLINE
Introduction-Thesis
Challenging Queer Theory
The Blues: Articulating a Newfound Freedom
The Cabaret: Queering Time and Space
Literature: Confronting Black Female Sexuality through a Queer Lens
Conclusion
THE CABARET: CRITIQUING UPLIFT AND RESISTING
WHITE SUPREMACY SIMULTANEOUSLY
“Criminal intimacies” 1
After hours
Confounding narratives of racial and sexual uplift
1 Shane Vogel uses this term in his book The Scene of Harlem Cabaret , citing Lauren Berlant and Michael
Warner
CONCLUSION
Bridging the gap
Queer Studies and
African American Studies
The importance of intersectionality
