Island Bodies, Second Edition

Praise for the first edition:

“An ambitious project. . . . One of the first books to develop a framework that does not just acknowledge but actively thinks through the diverse desires, lives, and experiences of Caribglobal communities.”—H-Net

“Provides contemporary analysis of the history of sexualities, violence, language, and repression in the Caribbean culture.”—Progressive

“Impressively searching and inclusive. . . . Engages with Anglophone, Francophone, Hispanic, Dutch, and diasporic ‘Caribglobal’ cultures in order to examine a striking range of material from the 1970s onwards, including literature, film, music and popular cultural forms such as festivals, calypso and activism. . . . Deeply inspiring and instructive.”—Caribbean Quarterly

“Interrogates years of oppression and shackling decorum in Caribbean sexual space with relentless acuity.”—Caribbean Beat

“Whereas earlier works on Caribbean sexuality tend to be gender-specific, Rosamond King gives herself the space to explore a range of identities and transgressive sexualities. . . . Gives us a new and richly nuanced reading of contemporary Caribbean culture.”—e-misférica

“A thoughtful exploration of how Caribbean women and sexual minorities are at the center of a sexual revolution that refuses containment within Euro-American concepts of identity and sexuality. This is an unprecedented sexual revolution, led by sexual minorities, transforming the region and giving new meanings to what inclusion and liberation look like.”—Amalia L. Cabezas, author of Economies of Desire: Sex Tourism in Cuba and the Dominican Republic

“Outstanding. One of the best examinations of the dissonance between official sexual ideologies and actual social and cultural practices I have had the pleasure of reading.”—David William Foster, author of São Paulo: Perspectives on the City and Cultural Production