The sexual politics of empire : postcolonial homophobia in Haiti / Erin L. Durban.
| Author/creator | Durban, Erin author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022] |
| Description | xxiii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | National Women's Studies Association / University of Illinois First Book Prize National Women's Studies Association/University of Illinois first book prize. ^A1373829 |
| Contents | Perverting Haiti: the transnational imperialist discourse of the Black republic as the premodern land of "voodoo/vaudoux" -- The missionary position: U.S. Protestant missionaries and religious homophobia -- Evangelical Christian homophobia and the Michèle Pierre-Louis controversy -- "Zonbi, zonbi" at the ghetto biennale: a queer act of intervention against postcolonial homophobia -- The sexual politics of rescue: the global LGBTQI and postcolonial homophobia after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti -- The emergence of a social movement against homophobia -- Epilogue: the transnational #blacklivesmatter movement and the serialization of Black (queer) death. |
| Abstract | "Evangelical Christians and members of the global LGBTQI human rights movement have vied for influence in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. Each side accuses the other of serving foreign interests. Yet each proposes future foreign interventions on behalf of their respective causes despite the country's traumatic past with European colonialism and American imperialism. As Erin L. Durban shows, two discourses dominate discussions of intervention. One maintains imperialist notions of a backward Haiti so riddled with cultural deficiencies that foreign supervision is necessary to overcome Haitians' resistance to progress. The other sees Haiti as a modern but failed state that exists only through its capacity for violence, including homophobia. In the context of these competing claims, Durban explores the creative ways that same-sex desiring and gender creative Haitians contend with anti-LGBTQI violence and ongoing foreign intervention. Compelling and thought-provoking, The Sexual Politics of Empire examines LGBTQI life in contemporary Haiti against the backdrop of American imperialism and intervention"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Durban, Erin. Sexual politics of empire Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022] 9780252053801 |
| LCCN | 2022021135 |
| ISBN | 9780252044755 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0252044754 hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780252086847 paperback |
| ISBN | 0252086848 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ76.45 .H2 D87 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |