Thiefing sugar : eroticism between women in Caribbean literature / Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley.

Author/creator Tinsley, Omise'eke Natasha, 1971-
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesPerverse modernities
Perverse modernities. ^A486667
Contents Introduction : the spring of her look -- "Rose is my mama, Stanfaste is my papa" : hybrid landscapes and sexualities in Surinamese women's oral poetry -- Darkening the lily : the erotics of self-making in Eliot Bliss's Luminous isle -- Blue countries, dark beauty : opaque desires in the poetry of Ida Faubert -- At the river of washerwomen : work, water, and sexual fluidity in Mayotte Capécia's I am a Martinican woman -- Transforming sugar, transitioning revolution : male womanhood and lesbian eroticism in Michelle Cliff's No telephone to heaven -- Breaking hard against things : crossing between sexual and revolutionary politics in Dionne Brand's No language is neutral.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010004456
ISBN9780822347569 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822347563 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822347774 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0822347776 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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