Beyond Homophobia
Centring Lgbtq Experiences in the Anglophone Caribbean
Erin C. Macleod; Moji Anderson
Beyond Homophobia: Centring LGBTQ Experiences in the Anglophone Caribbean aims to disrupt the conventional rendering of the Caribbean as uniquely and deeply homophobic by focusing on the experiences and agency of LGBTQ people in the region. Presenting a wide range of perspectives and approaches, this book grew out of presentations at two groundbreaking events on the Jamaican campus of the University of the West Indies: a symposium discussing LGBTQ experiences and research in Jamaica, and a conference that expanded the focus to provide a regional scope. Activists, artists and academics came together to challenge and change the narratives about LGBTQ issues in the Caribbean, exploring sexualities, gender identities and queer practices beyond the discourse of violence, as well as the stereotypes, assumptions and limitations presented by conventional norms around gender and sexuality. Beyond Homophobia combines a variety of academic disciplines with poetry and prose. Its contributions move from cyberspace to the dancehall, from literary analysis to ethnographic research, from pedagogical to methodological concerns, and from thoughts on the past to ideas about the future. The collection presents a range of perspectives on and techniques with which to interrogate notions of identity, sexualities, victimhood, agency, activism, fluidity, fixity, visibility, invisibility, class, homophobia, coming out, belonging and spirituality. By illuminating the lives, experiences, and research of and about the queer anglophone Caribbean, this volume represents a concerted attempt to move Beyond Homophobia.
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| ISBN | 9789766407445 |
| Genre | LGBT Studies/Social Sciences; Black Interest |
| Publication Date | 11-Jun-20 |
| Publisher | University of West Indies Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 268 |
| Notes | Contributors:Adwoa Onuora, Ajamu Nangwaya, Andre Bagoo, Anna Kasafi Perkins, Carla Moore, Carol Hordatt Gentles, Colin Robinson, Dorothea Smartt, K. Nandini Ghisyawan, Kei Miller, Keith E. McNeal, Lyndon Gill, Nick Marsellas, Nikoli Attai, O’Neil Lawrence, Rajanie Preity Kumar, Rinaldo Walcott, Thomas Glave, Vileitha Davis-Morrison |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| BookID | 15423 |
