Lane-Steele Laura
Washington, DC, USA.
J Lesbian Stud. 2011;15(4):480-92. doi: 10.1080/10894160.2011.532033.
In this article, I use the ethnographic work I conducted in the summer of 2009 with Black lesbian women from South Carolina to show how Black female masculinity has been influenced by historically based constructions of Black gender. I will argue that these studs strategically construct and perform their masculinity in ways that shield them from sexism, racism, and homophobia both in and out of their Black community. By adopting the particular type of masculinity common among their Black male peers, these studs can gain access to some levels of male privilege and power which, in turn, can act as useful defense mechanisms against multiple types of discrimination and oppression.
在本文中，我运用2009年夏天我对南卡罗来纳州黑人女同性恋者开展的人种志研究，来展现黑人女性的男子气概如何受到基于历史的黑人性别建构的影响。我将论证，这些女同性恋者以一种策略性的方式构建并展现她们的男子气概，使她们在黑人社区内外免受性别歧视、种族主义和恐同症的侵害。通过采用在她们的黑人男性同龄人中常见的特定类型的男子气概，这些女同性恋者能够获得一定程度的男性特权和权力，而这反过来又可以作为抵御多种形式的歧视和压迫的有效防御机制。
