{"product_id":"raising-the-bottom-bounce-music-and-black-queer-performance-in-post-katrina-new-orleans-hardback-9781478033707","title":"Raising the Bottom; Bounce Music and Black Queer Performance in Post-Katrina New Orleans (Hardback) 9781478033707","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRaising the Bottom\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBounce Music and Black Queer Performance in Post-Katrina New Orleans\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlix Chapman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781478033707\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 April 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e196 pages, 10 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.435 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eRaising the Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking treatise on the sexual politics of Black cultural expression in New Orleans. Alix Chapman transports us to nightclub stages and block parties where self-described ‘sissies’ make life and face death through bounce music. Through their pleasure and pain, love and loss, we see the perils and possibilities of Black queer life from the bottom up.”—Matt Sakakeeny, author of \u003ci\u003eRoll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In these pages, Alix Chapman choreographs a dance of resilience—where the sacred meets the profane, and joy rises from the depths. \u003ci\u003eRaising the Bottom\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a book; it’s a hymn to black queer brilliance and the power of performance to remake the world.”—E. Patrick Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eHoneypot: Black Southern Women Who Love Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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, Alix Chapman 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface: Bourbon Street Blues  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Project Music  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. \u003ci\u003eCatch Dat Beat\u003c\/i\u003e: Performing Pleasure and Coalition  25\u003cbr\u003e 2. Get It How You Live: Twerking for Survival  49\u003cbr\u003e 3. Back of Town: A Bottom Geography  71\u003cbr\u003e 4. Touching the Rim: Gentrification, Popular Culture, and the Collective Asshole  96\u003cbr\u003e 5. Raising the Bottom: Church Girls and Secular Music  122\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  143\u003cbr\u003e Notes  147\u003cbr\u003e References  163\u003cbr\u003e Index  175\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591026831640,"sku":"9781478033707","price":73.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/raising-the-bottom-bounce-music-and-black-queer-performance-in-post-katrina-new-orleans-hardback-9781478033707","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}