Lia T. Bascomb

In Plenty and in Time of Need: Popular Culture and the Remapping of Barbadian Identity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Demonstrates how the unique history of Barbados has contributed to complex relations of national, gendered, and sexual identities, and how these identities are represented and interpreted on a global stage.

Produktdetails

• Critical Caribbean Studies
• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9781978803947
• ISBN-10: 197880394X
• Artikelnr.: 56974674

Autorenporträt

Lia T. Bascomb is an assistant professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Images
Introduction                                                
1          England’s Child, the People’s Nation: Myths of Barbadian
National Identity
2          Performing National
Identity                                                                        
      
3          Caribbean Queen: Afro-Barbadian Femininity, Alison Hinds, and
Performing of the Erotic at Home and
Abroad                                               
4          “Love You All”: Rupee, Afro-Barbadian Masculinity, Activism, and
the Temptations of a Global Pop Market
                                                                  
5          Rihanna, Where Celebrity and Tourism Meet in a Dangerous
Crossroads of Representation         
Conclusion: Celebrating Barbadian Independence, the Golden
Jubilee                         
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works
Cited                                                                                                              
    
Index