Sex and the Citizen Interrogating the Caribbean |
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| Editor:
| Smith, Faith L. |
| Series title: | New World Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3112-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a multidisciplinary collection of essays that draws on current anxieties about 'legitimate' sexual identities and practices across the Caribbean to explore both the impact of globalization and the legacy of the region's history of sexual exploitation. It questions prevailing oppositions between the backward, homophobic nation-state and the laid-back, service-with-a-smile paradise or between giving in to the autocratic demands of the global north and equating postcolonial...
More DescriptionThis is a multidisciplinary collection of essays that draws on current anxieties about 'legitimate' sexual identities and practices across the Caribbean to explore both the impact of globalization and the legacy of the region's history of sexual exploitation. It questions prevailing oppositions between the backward, homophobic nation-state and the laid-back, service-with-a-smile paradise or between giving in to the autocratic demands of the global north and equating postcolonial sovereignty with a "wholesome" heterosexual citizenry.