Citizenship from below :

Sheller, Mimi.

Citizenship from below : erotic agency and Caribbean freedom / Mimi Sheller. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2012. - xvii, 346 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Next wave : new directions in women's studies . - Next wave. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-338) and index.

History from the bottom(s) up -- Quasheba, mother, queen -- Majesty's sable subjects -- Lost glimpses of 1865 -- Sword-bearing citizens -- You signed my name but not my feet -- Arboreal landscapes of power and resistance -- Returning the tourist gaze -- Erotic agency and a queer Caribbean freedom.

9780822349341 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822349532 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Women--Social conditions.--Caribbean Area
Sexual minorities--Social conditions.--Caribbean Area
Power (Social sciences)--Caribbean Area.

HQ1501 / .S47 2012