TY - GEN AU - Linke,Kai TI - Good White Queers? : Racism and Whiteness in Queer U.S. Comics SN - 9783839449172 PY - 2021/// CY - Bielefeld PB - transcript Verlag KW - Gay & Lesbian studies KW - bicssc KW - Ethnic studies KW - Comic book & cartoon art KW - Short stories KW - Comics KW - Racism KW - Whiteness KW - Queer Theory KW - Sexuality KW - Gender KW - Media KW - Comic KW - Gender Studies KW - Cultural Studies N1 - Open Access N2 - How do white queer people portray our own whiteness? Can we, in the stories we tell about ourselves, face the uncomfortable fact that, while queer, we might still be racist? If we cannot, what does that say about us as potential allies in intersectional struggles? A careful analysis of Dykes To Watch Out For and Stuck Rubber Baby by queer comic icons Alison Bechdel and Howard Cruse traces the intersections of queerness and racism in the neglected medium of queer comics, while a close reading of Jaime Cortez's striking graphic novel Sexile/Sexilio offers glimpses of the complexities and difficult truths that lie beyond the limits of the white queer imaginary UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48339/1/9783839449172.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/48339/1/9783839449172.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68113 ER -