Tinsley / Halberstam / Lowe Thiefing Sugar

Eroticism between Women in Caribbean Literature
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9306-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Perverse Modernities

This exploration of the poetry and prose of Caribbean women writers reveals in their imagery a rich tradition of erotic relations between women.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tinsley, Omise'eke Natasha

Halberstam, Judith

Lowe, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Lateinamerikanische Literaturen, Spanische Literatur außerhalb Europas
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Gattungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: The Spring of Her Look 1

1. "Rose is my mama, stanfaste is my papa": Hybrid Landscapes and Sexualities in Surinamese Women's Oral Poetry 29

2. Darkening the Lily: The Erotics of Self-Making in Eliot Bliss's Luminous Isle 68

3. Blue Countries, Dark Beauty: Opaque Desires in the Poetry of Ida Faubert 102

4. At the River of Washerwomen: Work, Water, and Sexual Fluidity in Mayotte Capécia's I Am a Martinican Woman 136

5. Transforming Sugar, Transitioning Revolution: Male Womanhood and Lesbian Eroticism in Michelle Cliff's No Telephone to Heaven 169

6. Breaking Hard against Things: Crossing between Sexual and Revolutionary Politics in Dionne Brand's No Language in Neutral 201

Notes 233

Bibliography 257

Index 269

Über Autor(innen)

Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Minnesota.