In most Caribbean countries homosexuality is still illegal and many outside of the region are unaware of how difficult life can be for gay men and lesbians. This book collects interviews with queer Caribbean writers, activists, and citizens and challenges the dominance of Euro-American theories in understanding global queerness.

Autorentext
Kofi Campbell is Associate Professor of English, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, and a member of the graduate program in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory at Laurier Brantford University, Canada. He is the author of Literature and Culture in the Black Atlantic: From Pre- to Postcolonial and has published several articles on postcolonial and medieval literatures.

Inhalt

1. H. Nigel Thomas 2. Thomas Glave 3. Faizal Deen 4. Korey Anthony Chisholm 5. Patricia Powell (1) 6. Patricia Powell (2) 7. Helen Klonaris 8. Shani Mootoo 9. Mista Majah P 10. Rosamond S. King 11. Nalo Hopkinson 12. Erin Greene 13. Joel Simpson 14. Ryon Rawlins