O’Hara, Blackness, and the Primitive

Since the publication of Brad Gooch's City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara (1993), those who care to know about the poet's personal life will know that O'Hara had an interest in sexual encounters with seemingly heterosexual African-American men. What he imagines as "...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Twentieth century literature 2012-09, Vol.58 (3), p.495-514
1. Verfasser:	Stoneley, Peter
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African American culture African Americans Analysis Black people Blackness studies Blacks Critical Theory Criticism and interpretation Essays Homosexuality Jazz Literary Theory Literature and Literary Studies Love poetry Modernist poetry Movies New York School poets O'Hara, Frank Oral cavity Poetry Poets Portrayals Theory and Philosophy
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Zusammenfassung:	Since the publication of Brad Gooch's City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara (1993), those who care to know about the poet's personal life will know that O'Hara had an interest in sexual encounters with seemingly heterosexual African-American men. What he imagines as "bracelets worn / by mahouts" are in fact "grandpa's teeth," and his association of sex with primitive others is traced directly back to standard US family read- ing: "He slides warmly o'er the world / on nationally geographic carpets."
ISSN:	0041-462X 2325-8101
DOI:	10.1215/0041462X-2012-4006