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Brown and gay in LA : the lives of immigrant sons / Anthony Christian Ocampo.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian American sociology seriesPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2022]Description: xvii, 217 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781479824250
  • 1479824259
Other title:
  • Brown and gay in Los Angeles
Subject(s):
Contents:
Preface -- The gay second generation -- Lessons in manhood and morality -- Surviving school -- Escaping to college -- Becoming brown and gay in LA -- Not that gay -- Beyond acceptance -- Appendix: The research process.
Summary: "Brown and Gay in LA chronicles the stories of second generation gay men living in Los Angeles to show how people living at the intersection of race, immigration, and sexuality are able to find agency within their families, schools, and communities"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 306.7662 O15 Available 33111010935225
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Co-Winner of the 2023 Latino/a Section Best Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association

Honorable Mention, 2024 Best Book Award, given by the Asia and Asian America section of the American Sociological Association

The stories of second-generation immigrant gay men coming of age in Los Angeles

Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of immigrants featured in Brown and Gay in LA could not have felt further removed from a world where queerness was accepted and celebrated. Instead, the men profiled here maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates, gay sexuality is unspoken, and heterosexuality is strictly enforced. For these men, the path to sexual freedom often involves chasing the dreams while resisting the expectations of their immigrant parents--and finding community in each other.

Ocampo also details his own story of reconciling his queer Filipino American identity and those of men like him. He shows what it was like for these young men to grow up gay in an immigrant family, to be the one gay person in their school and ethnic community, and to be a person of color in predominantly White gay spaces. Brown and Gay in LA is an homage to second-generation gay men and their radical redefinition of what it means to be gay, to be a man, to be a person of color, and, ultimately, what it means to be an American.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index.

"Brown and Gay in LA chronicles the stories of second generation gay men living in Los Angeles to show how people living at the intersection of race, immigration, and sexuality are able to find agency within their families, schools, and communities"-- Provided by publisher.

Preface -- The gay second generation -- Lessons in manhood and morality -- Surviving school -- Escaping to college -- Becoming brown and gay in LA -- Not that gay -- Beyond acceptance -- Appendix: The research process.

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