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Tribute to the Ancestors”

Ritual Performance and Same-Gender-Loving Men of African Descent

Bibliographic Data

ID12370331
AuthorsMyron M Beasley (University of Battambang, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume28
Issue4
Pages433-457
Publication date2008-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueText and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10462930802352045
OpenAlexW2114108759
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited22

This essay explores the ritual performance of the “Tribute to the Ancestors.” Specifically this ethnographic essay situates the “Tribute to the Ancestors,” a ritual of death and loss by a community of same-gender-loving men of African descent, as an experimental practice that reveal both transformative powers and social tensions in contemporary society relating to the black gay male body

African descent · Art history · Descent (aeronautics · Ethnography · Genealogy · Geography · Sociology · Transformative learning · Tribute · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

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Citations per year0,21
Citation span2012 - 2023 (12)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3
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