| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 261 pages .) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homosexuality and literature -- Caribbean Area.
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Homosexuality and literature. |
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Caribbean Area. |
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Sexual minorities -- Caribbean Area.
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Sexual minorities. |
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Homosexuality -- Caribbean Area.
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Homosexuality. |
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Interracial marriage -- Caribbean Area.
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Interracial marriage. |
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Transgender people -- Caribbean Area.
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Transgender people. |
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Homosexuality and music -- Caribbean Area.
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Homosexuality and music. |
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Homosexuality and motion pictures -- Caribbean Area.
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Homosexuality and motion pictures. |
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Caribbean Area -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
LGBTQ+ people. |
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Sexual minorities. |
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Homosexuality. |
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Transgender people. |
| Other Form: |
Original 9780813049809 0813049806 (DLC) 2013051132 |
| ISBN |
0813048893 (electronic book) |
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9780813048895 (electronic book) |
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9780813049809 |
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0813049806 |
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