{"product_id":"beyond-homophobia-moji-anderson-9789766407445","title":"Beyond Homophobia: Centring LGBTQ Experiences in the Anglophone Caribbean","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeyond Homophobia: Centring LGBTQ Experiences in the Anglophone Caribbean \u003c\/i\u003e aims to disrupt the conventional rendering of the Caribbean as uniquely and deeply homophobic by focusing on the experiences and agency of LGBTQ people in the region. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresenting a wide range of perspectives and approaches, this book grew out of presentations at two groundbreaking events on the Jamaican campus of the University of the West Indies: a symposium discussing LGBTQ experiences and research in Jamaica, and a conference that expanded the focus to provide a regional scope. Activists, artists and academics came together to challenge and change the narratives about LGBTQ issues in the Caribbean, exploring sexualities, gender identities and queer practices beyond the discourse of violence, as well as the stereotypes, assumptions and limitations presented by conventional norms around gender and sexuality. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeyond Homophobia\u003c\/i\u003e combines a variety of academic disciplines with poetry and prose. Its contributions move from cyberspace to the dancehall, from literary analysis to ethnographic research, from pedagogical to methodological concerns, and from thoughts on the past to ideas about the future. The collection presents a range of perspectives on and techniques with which to interrogate notions of identity, sexualities, victimhood, agency, activism, fluidity, fixity, visibility, invisibility, class, homophobia, coming out, belonging and spirituality. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy illuminating the lives, experiences, and research of and about the queer anglophone Caribbean, this volume represents a concerted attempt to move \u003ci\u003eBeyond Homophobia\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Moji Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9766407444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789766407445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of the West Indies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2021","brand":"Moji Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987538477311,"sku":"9789766407445","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec81ad3a-82c6-42c4-a904-d5175eac5744.jpg?v=1683289586","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-homophobia-moji-anderson-9789766407445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}