Finding My Front Porch An Autoethnography of Queer Southern Intersections

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Publication Title

Journal of Autoethnography

Abstract

This essay uses narratives from the author's life (childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood) to claim that regional identity is an overlooked aspect of intersectionality. By focusing on the intersections of queerness and the U.S. South, this essay approaches region as an example of Yep's "thickening"intersectionality, using poetry and narrative to make the case that regional identity is a complicating, messy, and inseparable aspect of intersectional identity including preconceived cultural associations and systemic attitudes. By locating narratives along the lines of everyday performance of self, focusing on text and voice, this essay illustrates the inextricable intersectional relationship of place, space, and identity.

Department

Communication

Volume Number

4

Issue Number

1

First Page

102

Last Page

123

DOI

10.1525/joae.2023.4.1.102

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