Scholars@Duke
Nikki Lane

Nikki Lane

Assistant Professor in Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies
Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies
1304 Campus Dr, Box 90760, Durham, NC 27708
1304 Campus Dr, Box 90760, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Journal articles

:There’s a Disco Ball between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life

Journal article Transforming Anthropology · April 1, 2024 Full text Cite

Ratchet Black Lives Matter: Megan Thee Stallion, Intra-Racial Violence, and the Elusion of Grief

Journal article Journal of Linguistic Anthropology · August 1, 2021 In July 2020, Megan Thee Stallion was shot. The vitriol directed towards her represented the ways certain kinds of Black women’s bodies do not effectively garner collective forms of grief, or the public expression of empathy toward someone who experiences ... Full text Cite

Narratives of affect

Journal article Journal of Language and Sexuality · February 22, 2018 AbstractExtending the work of those who center narratives in their discussions of affect, this essay considers black queer women’s (BQW) narratives describing the sensations associated with being in and out ... Full text Cite

Black women queering the mic: Missy Elliott disturbing the boundaries of racialized sexuality and gender.

Journal article Journal of homosexuality · July 2011 Though there were and always have been djs, dancers, graffiti artists, and rappers who were Black women, they are placed on the periphery of hip-hop culture; their voices, along with "gay rappers" and "white rappers" devalued and their contribution to the ... Full text Cite