{"product_id":"9781478038610-raising-the-bottom","title":"Raising the Bottom","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBounce Music and Black Queer Performance in Post-Katrina New Orleans\u003cbr\u003eIn the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent mass displacement of black neighborhoods in New Orleans, black queer performers redefined notions of belonging throughout the city. These unlikely figures, such as artists Big Freedia and Vockah Redu, played a significant role in calling the displaced back home and serving as beacons of hope. In \u003ci\u003eRaising the Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAlix Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e engages in performance ethnography, taking to the stage while writing about the lives of these bounce artists and their extended community. He theorizes an epistemology of the bottom – a way of knowing, praxis, and aesthetic – which contests hierarchies of value that place black and queer bodies at the lowest rungs of the social ladder. By engaging in this bottom episteme, bounce performers leverage pleasure and coalition to transform collectives not meant to survive crisis and disaster. \u003ci\u003eRaising the Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e shows how black queer artists address, remix, and redirect stereotypes to amplify community power, pleasure, and solidarity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57558955721078,"sku":"9781478038610","price":20.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40369278.jpg?v=1774504036","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781478038610-raising-the-bottom","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}