
Flaming Souls
Homosexuality, Homophobia, and Social Change in Barbados
David A.B. Murray(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Will be published approx. on 4. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-4426-1300-3 (ISBN)
Description
While there has been increased attention to issues of sexuality in the Caribbean over the past decade, there continue to be very few in-depth ethnographic studies of sexual minorities in this region. A timely addition to the literature, Flaming Souls explores public discourses focusing on homosexuality and the everyday lives of gay men and 'queens'in contemporary Barbados.
David A.B. Murray's dynamic study features interviews with government and health agency officials, HIV/AIDS activists, and residents of the country's capital, Bridgetown. Using these and records from local libraries and archives, Murray unravels the complex historical, social, political, and economic forces through which same-sex desire, identity, and prejudice are produced and valued in this Caribbean nation-state. 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.
David A.B. Murray's dynamic study features interviews with government and health agency officials, HIV/AIDS activists, and residents of the country's capital, Bridgetown. Using these and records from local libraries and archives, Murray unravels the complex historical, social, political, and economic forces through which same-sex desire, identity, and prejudice are produced and valued in this Caribbean nation-state. 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.
Reviews / Votes
'Flaming Souls succeeds in bringing largely theoretical critiques of (gay) rights discourse to life... This book is useful not only as a primer for those new to this transdisciplinary line of critique, but also as a needed reminder of the material stakes therein.'- Kenneth Lythgoe (QED: A Journal of GLBTQ Worldmaking, vol 1:01:2014)
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-1300-3 (9781442613003)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
David A.B. Murray is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at York University.
Content
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
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