Erotic islands : art and activism in the queer Caribbean /

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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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gill, Lyndon Kamaal (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Gays > Trinidad and Tobago.
Gays in popular culture > Trinidad and Tobago.
Black people > Trinidad and Tobago.
Carnival > Social aspects > Trinidad and Tobago.
Calypso (Music) > Social aspects > Trinidad and Tobago.
AIDS activists > Trinidad and Tobago.
Homosexuels > Trinité-et-Tobago.
Homosexuels dans la culture populaire > Trinité-et-Tobago.
Personnes noires > Trinité-et-Tobago.
Carnavals > Aspect social > Trinité-et-Tobago.
Calypso (Musique) > Aspect social > Trinité-et-Tobago.
AIDS activists
Black people
Carnival > Social aspects
Gays
Gays in popular culture
Manners and customs
Trinidad and Tobago > Social life and customs.
Trinité-et-Tobago > Mœurs et coutumes.
Trinidad and Tobago
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Inheriting the mask : a history of parody in Trinidad's carnival
  • Peter Minshall's Sacred Heart and the Erotic Art of Play
  • Echoes of an utterance : a history of gender play in Calypso
  • Calypso Rose's "Palet" and the sweet treat of erotic aurality
  • A generation with AIDS : a history, a critique
  • Between tongue and teeth : the Friends for Life chatroom as erotic intervention.

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