Flaming Souls : : Homosexuality, Homophobia, and Social Change in Barbados / / David A.B. Murray.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Murray, David A.B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. The Spectral Homosexual in Barbadian Feedback Media --; Chapter 2. Gender, Sexuality, and HIV/AIDS Discourses in Barbados --; Chapter 3. Whose Right? Human and Sexual Rights Discourses in Barbados --; Chapter 4. Gay Tourism and the 'Civilized' Homosexual --; Chapter 5. Bajan Queens, Nebulous Scenes --; Chapter 6. Digisex: Cellphones, Barbadian Queens, and Circuits of Desire in the Caribbean --; Chapter 7. Life Stories --; Conclusion: Flaming Souls and Imperial Debris --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442660687; 9783110490954
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442660687
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: David A.B. Murray.

While there has been increased attention to issues of sexuality in the Caribbean over the past decade, there continue to be very few in-depth ethnographic studies of sexual minorities in this region. A timely addition to the literature, Flaming Souls explores public discourses focusing on homosexuality and the everyday lives of gay men and 'queens'in contemporary Barbados.David A.B. Murray's dynamic study features interviews with government and health agency officials, HIV/AIDS activists, and residents of the country's capital, Bridgetown. Using these and records from local libraries and archives, Murray unravels the complex historical, social, political, and economic forces through which same-sex desire, identity, and prejudice are produced and valued in this Caribbean nation-state. Illustrating the influence of both Euro-American and regional gender and sexual politics on sexual diversity in Barbados, Flaming Souls makes an important contribution to queer studies and the anthropology of sexualities.