Island bodies : transgressive sexualities in the Caribbean imagination / Rosamond S. King.

Author/creator King, Rosamond S. author.
Format Book
PublicationGainesville : University Press of Florida, [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Descriptionxii, 261 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
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.
Caribbean Area--Social conditions.

Contents 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.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index.
LCCN 2013051132
ISBN9780813049809
ISBN0813049806
Standard identifier# 40023903806