Erotic Islands

Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean

Lyndon K. Gill (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

312 Seiten

2018
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8223-6858-8 (ISBN)

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In Erotic Islands, Lyndon K. Gill maps a long queer presence at a crossroads of the Caribbean. This transdisciplinary book foregrounds the queer histories of Carnival, calypso, and HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. At its heart is an extension of Audre Lorde's use of the erotic as theory and methodology. Gill turns to lesbian/gay artistry and activism to insist on eros as an intertwined political-sensual-spiritual lens through which to see self and society more clearly. This analysis juxtaposes revered musician Calypso Rose, renowned mas man Peter Minshall, and resilient HIV/AIDS organization Friends For Life. Erotic Islands traverses black studies, queer studies, and anthropology toward an emergent black queer diaspora studies.

Lyndon K. Gill is Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.07.2018
Zusatzinfo	36 illustrations, incl. 16 in color
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-8223-6858-7 / 0822368587
ISBN-13	978-0-8223-6858-8 / 9780822368588
Zustand	Neuware