       Document 0800
 DOCN  M9460800
 TI    Fierce love and Fierce response: intervening in the cultural politics of
       race, sexuality, and AIDS.
 DT    9404
 AU    Roman D; Department of English, University of Pennsylvania,
       Philadelphia; 19107.
 SO    J Homosex. 1993;26(2-3):195-219. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94157320
 AB    In their performances of Fierce Love, the Pomo Afro Homos (Postmodern
       African American Homosexuals) enact some of the experiences of black gay
       men. Through performance, the trio intervenes in the prevailing
       mythologies around black and gay identities, but especially black gay
       identities, in the age of AIDS. This essay begins by examining two
       dominant productions in recent U.S. culture that display and proliferate
       anxieties about black gay bodies: John Guare's play Six Degrees of
       Separation and Magic Johnson's unsettling HIV disclosure. The Pomo Afro
       Homos address the phenomenon of containing black gay sexuality by
       insisting that the theatre and its inherent role in offering
       representations be seen as a viable site for contestation for black gay
       men.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY  Blacks/*PSYCHOLOGY
       *Culture  *Drama  Female  Gender Identity  Homosexuality/*PSYCHOLOGY
       Human  *Love  Male  *Politics  Race Relations  Sex Behavior  Support,
       Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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