Baldwin’s Balls: Sensuality, Profanity, and the Testicular Fortitude to Reckon with Race

Both sensuality and profanity dwell within love’s truthful self-expression. James Baldwin’s oeuvre reads race relations in the United States, revealing a skewed balance between sensuality and profanity rectified through authentic sensual connections across racial lines. This essay introduces Baldwin...

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Main Author: Lorise A. Diamond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cultural Studies Association 2025-05-01
Series:Lateral
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Online Access:https://csalateral.org/issue/14-1/baldwins-balls-sensuality-profanity-testicular-fortitude-race-diamond/
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