Island bodies : transgressive sexualities in the Caribbean imagination /
King, Rosamond S.,
Island bodies : transgressive sexualities in the Caribbean imagination / Rosamond S. King. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages .)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: From the foreign-local to the Caribglobal -- The Caribbean trans continuum and backhanded re/presentation -- "El secreto abierto": visibility, confirmation, and Caribbean men who desire men -- "This is you": "Invisibility, " community, and women who desire women -- "Force-ripe": Caribbean women's sexual agency -- One love? Caribbean men and white women.
Island Bodies analyzes cultural production from Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora writers that flouts sexual norms. The chapters focus on how homosexuality, interracial relationships, transgendered people, and women's sexual agency are portrayed in film, music, and literature.
9780813048895 9781306674850
Homosexuality and literature--Caribbean Area.
Sexual minorities--Caribbean Area.
Homosexuality--Caribbean Area.
Interracial marriage--Caribbean Area.
Transgender people--Caribbean Area.
Homosexuality and music--Caribbean Area.
Homosexuality and motion pictures--Caribbean Area.
Electronic Books.
PR9205 / .I853 2014
Island bodies : transgressive sexualities in the Caribbean imagination / Rosamond S. King. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xii, 261 pages .)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: From the foreign-local to the Caribglobal -- The Caribbean trans continuum and backhanded re/presentation -- "El secreto abierto": visibility, confirmation, and Caribbean men who desire men -- "This is you": "Invisibility, " community, and women who desire women -- "Force-ripe": Caribbean women's sexual agency -- One love? Caribbean men and white women.
Island Bodies analyzes cultural production from Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora writers that flouts sexual norms. The chapters focus on how homosexuality, interracial relationships, transgendered people, and women's sexual agency are portrayed in film, music, and literature.
9780813048895 9781306674850
Homosexuality and literature--Caribbean Area.
Sexual minorities--Caribbean Area.
Homosexuality--Caribbean Area.
Interracial marriage--Caribbean Area.
Transgender people--Caribbean Area.
Homosexuality and music--Caribbean Area.
Homosexuality and motion pictures--Caribbean Area.
Electronic Books.
PR9205 / .I853 2014