David A B Murray

Flaming Souls

Homosexuality, Homophobia, and Social Change in Barbados

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Illustrating the influence of both Euro-American and regional gender and sexual politics on sexual diversity in Barbados, Flaming Souls makes an important contribution to queer studies and the anthropology of sexualities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9781442644489
• ISBN-10: 1442644486
• Artikelnr.: 34761590

Autorenporträt

David A.B. Murray is an associate professor of Anthropology and member of the Sexuality Studies Program at York University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Spectral Homosexual in Barbadian Feedback Media
Chapter 2: Gender, Sexuality and HIV/AIDS Discourses in Barbados
Chapter 3: Whose Right? Human and Sexual Rights Discourses in Barbados
Chapter 4: Gay Tourism and the 'Civilized' Homosexual
Chapter 5: Bajan Queens Nebulous Scenes
Chapter 6: Digisex: Cell Phones, Barbadian Queens and Circuits of Desire in
the Caribbean
Chapter 7: Life Stories Conclusion: Flaming Souls and Imperial Debris
Notes
References
Index