Mama Black Widow
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- Synopsis
- The most gritty and true illustration of the black ghetto ever told, from the only man capable of telling it, Iceberg Slim, bestselling author of Pimp.Mama Black Widow tells the tragic story of Otis Tilson, a stunning black drag queen trapped in a cruel queer ghetto underworld. In hopes of escaping the racial bigotry and economic injustice of the South, Otis' family journeys north from their plantation to an urban promised land. Once in Chicago Otis and his brother and sisters become prisoners to a wasteland of violence, crime, prostitution, and rape. This is the gut-wrenching tale of the destruction of a family and the truest portrayal of homosexuality in the ghetto ever told.
- Copyright:
- 1996
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781936399208
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781936399192
- Publisher:
- Cash Money Content
- Date of Addition:
- 05/22/13
- Copyrighted By:
- Cash Money Content
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.