A Dirty South Manifesto: Sexual Resistance and Imagination in the New South

209 Pages·2019·1.448 MB·English

by  L. H. Stallings

A Dirty South Manifesto
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A Dirty South Manifesto
Sexual Resistance and Imagination
in the New South
L. H. Stallings
univerSity of cAliforniA PreSS
University of California Press
Oakland, California
© 2020 by LaMonda Horton-Stallings
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Horton-Stallings, LaMonda, author.
Title: A Dirty South manifesto : sexual resistance and
imagination in the New South / L. H. Stallings.
Other titles: American studies now ; 10.
Identifiers: lccn 2019017214 (print) | lccn 2019022108
(ebook) | iSbn 9780520299498 (cloth : alk. paper) | iSbn
9780520299504 (pbk. : alk. paper) | iSbn 9780520971202
(ebook)
Subjects: lcSH: African American sexual minorities—
Southern States—21st century. | Sex—Social
aspects—Southern States—21st century.
Classification: lcc Hq76.27.A37 H67 2020 (print) |
lcc Hq76.27.A37 (ebook) | ddc 306.70975/0905—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019017214
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019022108
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We recognize that in issuing this manifesto we must
prepare for a long-range educational campaign in
all communities of this country, but we know that
the Christian churches have contributed to our
oppression in white America.
James Forman, “Black Manifesto”
The manifesto declares a position: the manifesto
refuses dialogue or discussion: the manifesto
fosters antagonism and scorns conciliation. It is
univocal, unilateral, single-minded. It conveys
resolute oppositionality and indulges no tolerance
for the fainthearted . . .
Janet Lyon, Manifestoes: Provocations of the
Modern
If you are reading this in the United States or
Canada, whose land are you on, dear reader? What
are the specific names of the Native nation(s) who
have historical claim to the territory on which you
currently read this article? What are their histories
before European invasion? What are their historical
and present acts of resistance to colonial occupation?
If you are like most people in the United States and
Canada, you cannot answer these questions. And
this disturbs me.
Qwo-Li Driskill, “Double-Weaving
Two-Spirit Critiques”

contentS
Overview ix
Introduction
1
Slow Tongue Manifesto
11
Chapter 1
13
Dirt Manifesto
37
Chapter 2
41
Geophukit Manifesto
67
Chapter 3
69
T.R.A.P. (The Ratchet Alliance for Prosperity)
Manifesto
99
Chapter 4
105
WeUsIOurU Future Pronouns Manifesto
135
Chapter 5
139
Honeysuckle, Not Honey Sucka! Manifesto
157
Coda
159
Acknowledgments 171
Notes 173
Glossary 189
Key Figures 191
Selected Bibliography 193
overview
introduction
Defines Dirty South and its relationship to the Old South
and New South. Examines the history and purpose of the
manifesto as a written genre.
Southern Essentialism • Hip-Hop • Intersectionality •
Deviance as Resistance
Slow tongue mAnifeSto / cHAPter 1
Moral authority and calls for a moral revival cannot
adequately address sexual and gender equity. Provides
techniques for how to read the Dirty South Manifesto.
Discusses the importance of various forms of literacy
to sexual resistance.
Millie Jackson • Slow Tongue • Moral Mondays •
Reverend William Barber
ix