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Many of the nations of the Caribbean that have become independent
states have maintained as a central, organizing, nationalist
principle the importance in the beliefs of the ideals of
sovereignty, democracy, and development. Yet in recent years,
political instability, the relative size of these nations, and the
increasing economic vulnerabilities of the region have generated
much popular and policy discussions over the attainability of these
goals. The geo-political significance of the region, its growing
importance as a major transshipment gateway for illegal drugs
coming from Latin America to the United States, issues of national
security, vulnerability to corruption, and increases in the level
of violence and social disorder have all raised serious questions
not only about the notions of sovereignty, democracy, and
development but also about the long-term viability of these
nations. This volume is intended to make a strategic intervention
into the discourse on these important topics, but the importance of
its contribution resides in its challenge to conventional wisdom on
these matters, and the multidisciplinary approach it employs.
Recognized experts in the field identify these concerns in the
context of globalization, economic crises, and their impact on the
Caribbean.
Many of the nations of the Caribbean that have become independent
states have maintained as a central, organizing, nationalist
principle the importance in the beliefs of the ideals of
sovereignty, democracy, and development. Yet in recent years,
political instability, the relative size of these nations, and the
increasing economic vulnerabilities of the region have generated
much popular and policy discussions over the attainability of these
goals. The geo-political significance of the region, its growing
importance as a major transshipment gateway for illegal drugs
coming from Latin America to the United States, issues of national
security, vulnerability to corruption, and increases in the level
of violence and social disorder have all raised serious questions
not only about the notions of sovereignty, democracy, and
development but also about the long-term viability of these
nations. This volume is intended to make a strategic intervention
into the discourse on these important topics, but the importance of
its contribution resides in its challenge to conventional wisdom on
these matters, and the multidisciplinary approach it employs.
Recognized experts in the field identify these concerns in the
context of globalization, economic crises, and their impact on the
Caribbean.
"A major contribution to the scholarship of gender and sexuality in
the Caribbean."--A. Lynn Bolles, University of Maryland This volume
provides an engaging interdisciplinary approach to the study of
gender and sexual relations in the Caribbean. Essays from
sociological, literary, historical, and political science
approaches cover the Hispanic-, French-, and English-speaking
Caribbean areas and address topics such as sexuality,
homosexuality, culture, the body, the status of women, and the
wider social relations that inform these subjects. Contents
Exploring the Intersections of Gender, Sexuality, and Culture in
the Caribbean: An Introduction Part 1. Theoretical Mediations on
Gender in the Caribbean 1. Theorizing Ruptures in Gender Systems
and the Project of Modernity in the Twentieth Century Caribbean, by
Violet Eudine Barriteau 2. The Globalization of the Discourse on
Gender and Its Impact on the Caribbean, by Hilbourne Watson 3.
Caribbean Masculinity: Unpacking the Narrative, by Linden Lewis
Part 2. The Political Terrain of Gender and Sexuality 4. A
Blueprint for Gender in Creole Trinidad: Exploring Gender Mythology
through Calypsos of the 1920s and 1930s, by Patricia Mohammed 5.
Popular Imageries of Gender and Sexuality: Poor and Working-Class
Haitian Women's Discourses on the Use of Their Bodies, by Carolle
Charles 6. "The Infamous Crime against Nature": Constructions of
Heterosexuality and Lesbian Subversions in Puerto Rico, by
Elizabeth Crespo-Kebler Part 3. Sexual Orientation and Male
Socialization in the Caribbean 7. The Role of the Street in the
Socialization of Caribbean Males, by Barry Chevannes 8. Masculinity
and Power in Puerto Rico, by Rafael Ramirez 9. Queering Cuba: Male
Homosexuality in the Short Fiction of Manuel Granados, by Conrad
James Part 4. Gender, Sexuality, and Historical Considerations 10.
Struggling with a Structure: Gender, Agency, and Discourse, by
Glyne Griffith 11. "It Hurt Very Much at the Time": Patriarchy,
Rape Culture, and the Slave Body-Semiotic, by Joseph C. Dorsey
Linden Lewis is associate professor of sociology and anthropology
at Bucknell University and the author of numerous articles on the
Caribbean.
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