Queer Caribbean Writing

Catalog description

Queer Caribbean writing surveys the fiction, non-fiction, and poetry of queer Caribbean authors to examine how their engagement with crises facing the region integrates the experiences of gender and sexual non-conforming individuals. In this course, students will learn the major themes of Caribbean literature generally, while being introduced to the basic principles of queer and postcolonial ideas as expressed in the literature. Students can expect to interact with writings from diverse national settings, including Jamaica, Haiti, The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago