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Social Science Gay Studies

Flaming Souls

Homosexuality, Homophobia, and Social Change in Barbados

by (author) David A.B. Murray

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2012
Category
Gay Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442644489
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $67.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442613003
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $37.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442660694
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $27.95

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Description

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.

About the author

David A.B. Murray is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at York University.

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Editorial Reviews

‘Flaming Souls succeeds in bringing largely theoretical critiques of (gay) rights discourse to life… This book is useful not only as a primer for those new to this transdisciplinary line of critique, but also as a needed reminder of the material stakes therein.’

QED: A Journal of GLBTQ Worldmaking, vol 1:01:2014

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