Opacity

Gender, Sexuality, Race and the Problem of Identity in Martinique

David A. B. Murray (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

188 Seiten

2002
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-5512-9 (ISBN)

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In contemporary Martinique, performances of a particular racialized, heterosexualized masculinity prevail in both daily life and state-funded cultural programming. The centrality of these performances must be analyzed in relation to Martinique’s status as an Overseas Department of France and the fraught political, economic, and social effects engendered through this relationship. Contextualized in this particular neocolonial framework, this book examines multiple sites of masculinity in Martinique, ranging from privileged performances (such as state-funded theater productions) to disruptive performances (such as Carnival and the conversations of gay Martinician men). It breaks new ground in Caribbean studies by foregrounding (homo)sexuality as a key factor in understanding Caribbean socio-cultural processes and by providing a critical re-analysis of masculinity and identity through a performative analysis that foregrounds opacity – ambiguity, density, and incompleteness – in the production of any social categorization.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.7.2002
Reihe/Serie	Gender, Sexuality, and Culture ; 2
Reihe/Serie	Gender, Sexuality, and Culture ; 2
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	270 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	Hardcover, Softcover / Ethnologie/Völkerkunde • HC/Ethnologie/Völkerkunde
ISBN-10	0-8204-5512-1 / 0820455121
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-5512-9 / 9780820455129
Zustand	Neuware