Erotic islands
Subtitle: art and activism in the queer Caribbean
By: Lyndon K. Gill
Contributors: Duke University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780822368588; 9780822368700
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Social life and customs; Gays in popular culture; Calypso (Music); Carnival; Blacks; Gays; AIDS activists
Description: 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. The author 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. This book traverses black studies, queer studies, and anthropology toward an emergent black queer diaspora studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Inheriting the mask : a history of parody in Trinidad's carnival; title: Peter Minshall's Sacred Heart and the Erotic Art of Play; title: Echoes of an utterance : a history of gender play in Calypso; title: Calypso Rose's "Palet" and the sweet treat of erotic aurality; title: A generation with AIDS : a history, a critique; title: Between tongue and teeth : the Friends for Life chatroom as erotic intervention.