Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley

Thiefing Sugar

Eroticism between Women in Caribbean Literature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Luscious, abundant and rich--those are apt words for "Thiefing Sugar," this captivating and lyrical exploration of what it meant in the twentieth century to be a Caribbean woman who loves women. Based on a well-chosen corpus of texts and lucid, in-depth analyses, the book is altogether a feast for the senses, a gift to us all!"--Gloria Wekker, Utrecht University, Netherlands

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780822347774
• ISBN-10: 0822347776
• Artikelnr.: 30363484

Autorenporträt

Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Spring of Her Look 1
1. "Rose is my mama, stanfaste is my papa": Hybrid Landscapes and
Sexualities in Surinamese Women's Oral Poetry 29
2. Darkening the Lily: The Erotics of Self-Making in Eliot Bliss's
Luminous Isle 68
3. Blue Countries, Dark Beauty: Opaque Desires in the Poetry of Ida Faubert
102
4. At the River of Washerwomen: Work, Water, and Sexual Fluidity in Mayotte
Capécia's I Am a Martinican Woman 136
5. Transforming Sugar, Transitioning Revolution: Male Womanhood and Lesbian
Eroticism in Michelle Cliff's No Telephone to Heaven 169
6. Breaking Hard against Things: Crossing between Sexual and Revolutionary
Politics in Dionne Brand's No Language in Neutral 201
Notes 233
Bibliography 257
Index 269