{"title":"Moving through Trauma: Black Queer Vulnerability in Moonlight","authors":"M. Tracy","doi":"10.14321/qed.9.issue-1.0043","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"abstract:In this essay I look at Barry Jenkins’ film Moonlight and reflect upon how the film employs trauma and the anticipation of trauma to develop a complex depiction of Black cismale identity informed by Black queer masculinity rooted in tenderness, caring, and vulnerability.","PeriodicalId":43840,"journal":{"name":"QED-A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking","volume":"330 1","pages":"43 - 57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"QED-A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.9.issue-1.0043","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"SOCIAL ISSUES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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abstract:In this essay I look at Barry Jenkins’ film Moonlight and reflect upon how the film employs trauma and the anticipation of trauma to develop a complex depiction of Black cismale identity informed by Black queer masculinity rooted in tenderness, caring, and vulnerability.