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.
| ISBN: | 9780253219787 |
| Publication date: | 27th June 2008 |
| Author: | Jana Evans Braziel |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 312 pages |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Ethnic studies Sociology |
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.
Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, Ethnic studies, Sociology
Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora is available in Paperback
Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora was written by Jana Evans Braziel and published by Indiana University Press
Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora has 312 pages