Reading novels by contemporary women in the Caribbean dyaspora alongside and against law, history and anthropology, the book argues that Caribbean women's sexuality has been mobilized for various imperialist and nationalist projects from the nineteenth century to present.

Autorentext
DONETTE FRANCIS Assistant Professor of English at SUNY Binghamton, USA.

Inhalt
Introduction Charting Atlantic Modernities' Desire Lines Postcard and Policies: Stories behind the American Occupation Silences Too Horrific to Disturb in Haiti and the Dyaspora Independence Romances Novel Insights: Sex Work, Secrets, and Depression Coda