Jana Evans Braziel examines how Haitian diaspora writers,
performance artists, and musicians address black masculinity
through the Haitian Creole concept of gwo negs, or "big men." She
focuses on six artists and their work: writer Dany Laferriere,
director Raoul Peck, rap artist Wyclef Jean, artist Jean-Michel
Basquiat, drag queen performer and poet Assotto Saint, and queer
drag king performer Dred (a.k.a. Mildred Gerestant). For Braziel,
these individuals confront the gendered, sexualized, and racialized
boundaries of America's diaspora communities and openly resist
"domestic" imperialism that targets immigrants, minorities, women,
gays, and queers. This is a groundbreaking study at the
intersections of gender and sexuality with race, ethnicity,
nationality, and diaspora."
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