Entangled Otherness
Author | : Charlotte Hammond |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2018-11-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781786949462 |
ISBN-13 | : 1786949466 |
Rating | : 4/5 (466 Downloads) |
Download or read book Entangled Otherness written by Charlotte Hammond and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entangled Otherness explores the dynamics of cross-dressing and gender performance in contemporary Francophone Caribbean cultures. Through examination of archival texts, artistic works and oral histories the author reveals how strategies of crossing, mimicry and masquerade have enabled resistance to the racialised, gendered and patriarchal classifications of bodies that characterized Enlightenment thought during the French transatlantic slave trade.