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Book SynopsisAndil Gosine revises understandings of queer desire in the Caribbean, showing how the very concept of homosexuality in the Caribbean (and in the Americas more broadly) has been overdetermined by a colonially-influenced human/animal divide.
Trade Review“Heterosexual and patriarchal conventions are at the very heart of Andil Gosine's challenge. He allows us to think through queer perspectives, reconceptualizes colonial histories and Caribbean and subaltern culture, and extends our knowledge of Caribbean arts practice. Gosine eloquently prompts us to reflect on our preconceptions of naturalness and humanness. Enjoyable and engaging,
Nature's Wild offers an important contribution to knowledge of Anglophone Caribbean contemporary culture.” -- Roshini Kempadoo, author of * Creole in the Archive: Imagery, Presence, and the Location of the Caribbean Figure *
“Andil Gosine presents a unique and refreshing interdisciplinary method in
Nature's Wild. Gosine's convincing authorial voice and unique point of view nimbly narrate an interrogation of the relationships between (neo)colonialism and the lack of recognition of the humanity and complexities of Caribbean subjects, offering a compelling new form of scholarship.” -- Jafari S. Allen, author of * There’s a Disco Ball Between Us: A Theory of Black Gay Life *
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Nature’s Wild is a fresh, thoughtful, compellingly written intervention that brings the Indian diaspora fully within the purview of the Black Atlantic. . . . This delightful, erudite, interdisciplinary excursion is a deeply personal contribution to queer Caribbean studies and Indo-Caribbean art history.” -- Keith McNeal * Journal of Indentureship and Its Legacies *
“Beautiful yet provocative. . . . Valuable and timely.” -- Weisong Gao * Critical Inquiry *
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Nature’s Wild makes an important contribution to queer studies by decoding the sodomy legislation implemented in the British colonies. . . . Criminal codes, Gosine explains, drew clear lines between acceptable and unacceptable sexual behavior and, by extension, between human and animal.” -- Jean-Thomas Tremblay * GLQ *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1.
Puhngah! 13
2. Clothes Make the Man 32
3. The Father, a Godfather, and the Specter of Beasts Old and New 62
4.
Désir Cannibale 103
5.
Natures' Wild 130
Notes 153
Works Cited 159
Index 171
