„My Daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana”: queerowe czarownice, okrutni rasiści, makabryczne historie i mit zacofanego Południa USA
„My Daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana”: queer witches, cruel racists, macabre tales and the myth of the backward American South

Summary/Abstract: Grzegorz Stępniak attempts a queer reading of the South of the US. His analysis functions within the context of the notion metronormativity, coined by Judith “Jack” Halberstam, which refers to the construction of the identity of homosexual people through migrating from rural areas to cities, where they can come out. Stępniak regards rusticity as the basic category used to refer to the American South, determining standards of shaping queer identities that are far removed from urban standards. It is within this context that he analyses, among others, the video clip for Beyoncé's Formation, filmed in New Orleans, Patrick Johnson's book Sweet Tea. Black Gay Men of The South and the performance based on it, the third season of the series American Horror Story and Lee Daniels' The Paperboy.

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