| Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora Contributor(s): Braziel, Jana Evans (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253219787 ISBN-13: 9780253219787 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Men's Studies - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Dewey: 709.729 |
| LCCN: 2007051595 |
| Series: Blacks in the Diaspora (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.29" W x 9.21" (1.08 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jana Evans Braziel examines how Haitian diaspora writers, performance artists, and musicians address black masculinity through the Haitian Creole concept of gwo nègs, or big men. She focuses on six artists and their work: writer Dany Laferrière, director Raoul Peck, rap artist Wyclef Jean, artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, drag queen performer and poet Assotto Saint, and queer drag king performer Dréd (a.k.a. Mildréd Gerestant). For Braziel, these individuals confront the gendered, sexualized, and racialized boundaries of America's diaspora communities and openly resist domestic imperialism that targets immigrants, minorities, women, gays, and queers. This is a groundbreaking study at the intersections of gender and sexuality with race, ethnicity, nationality, and diaspora. |