Interrogating Caribbean masculinities : theoretical and empirical analyses ; [papers presented at the symposium The Construction of Caribbean Masculinity: Towards a Research Agenda held in St Augustine, Trinidad, January 1996

Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities is an anthology of new Caribbean scholarship on masculinities. The content reflects a range of disciplinary approaches, including anthropology, history, international relations, literary criticism and art and installation. Special attention is paid to the interaction of power and sexuality in the construction of masculine identities. To understand how men express and exert power, it is necessary to include the analysis of power in the context of structural relationships: the class system, political and economic inequalities, racism, colonialism, homophobia, and other systems of oppression and exclusion. The book is of interest for those teaching masculinity studies, women and gender studies, and for policy makers interested in gender relations in the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora. Theorizing Caribbean Masculinities: Masculinities In Transition : Gender And The Global Problematique / Keith Nurse. Unmasking Masculinity And Deconstructing Patriarchy : Problems And Possibilities Within Feminist Epistemology / Patricia Mohammed. Power Games And Totalitarian Masculinity In The Dominican Republic / E. Antonio De Moya -- Gender Socialization, Educational Performance And Peer Group Relations: Boys Of The Empire : Elite Education And The Construction Of Hegemonic Masculinity In Barbados, 1875-1920 / Aviston D. Downes. Male Privileging And Male Academic Underperformance In Jamaica / Mark Figueroa. Masculinities, Myths And Educational Underachievement : Jamaica, Barbados And St Vincent And The Grenadines / Odette Parry. History, (re)memory, Testimony And Biomythography : Charting A Buller Man's Trinidadian Past / Wesley E.a. Crichlow -- Class, Ethnicity, Nation And Notions Of Masculinity: Black Masculinity In Caribbean Slavery / Hilary Beckles. Caribbean Masculinity At The Fin De Siècle / Linden Lewis. Globalization, Migration And The Shaping Of Masculinity In Belize / Linda M. Matthei And David A. Smith -- Popular Culture And Literary Images Of Masculinity And Femininity: Under Women's Eyes : Literary Constructs Of Afro-caribbean Masculinity / Paula Morgan. Calling All Dragons : The Crumbling Of Caribbean Masculinity / Kenneth Ramchand. I Lawa : The Construction Of Masculinity In Trinidad And Tobago Calypso / Gordon Rohlehr. Uniform And Weapon / Christopher Cozier. Edited By Rhoda E. Reddock. Papers Presented At A Conference Held Jan. 1996 At The University Of The West Indies (saint Augustine, Trinidad And Tobago). Includes Bibliographical References. "This anthology of new Caribbean scholarship on masculinities establishes masculinity studies as an important new area of research and theorizing in the Caribbean. The content of this volume reflects a range of disciplinary approaches, including anthropology, history, international relations literary criticism, and art and installation." "The book is of interest for those teaching masculinity studies, women and gender studies, and for policy makers interested in gender relations in the Caribbean and the Caribbean diaspora."--BOOK JACKET This anthology of Caribbean feminist scholarships exposes gender relations as regimes of power and advances indigenous feminist theorizing. It deconstructs marginality and masculinity in the Caribbean and provides research with policy implications.