Not Just (Any) Body Can Be a Citizen: The Politics of Law, Sexuality and Postcoloniality in Trinidad and Tobago and the Bahamas

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Alexander,M. Jacqui (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Autumn, 1994
    Published:
    New York: Palgrave
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Feminist Review
    Journal Title Details:
    48 : 5-24
    Subject Term:
    Trinidad and Tobago, Globalization, Social conditions, Feminism, Homosexuality, and Transnationalism
    Notes:
    The heterosexual family has become naturalized as an aspect of the state's struggle for legitimacy during decolonization. Influencing views of Black masculinity, this has led to the criminalization of homosexuality

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