Introduction: From the foreign-local to the Caribglobal -- The Caribbean trans continuum and backhanded re/presentation -- "El secreto abierto": visibility, confirmation, and Caribbean men who desire men -- "This is you": "Invisibility, " community, and women who desire women -- "Force-ripe": Caribbean women's sexual agency -- One love? Caribbean men and white women
Summary
Island Bodies analyzes cultural production from Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora writers that flouts sexual norms. The chapters focus on how homosexuality, interracial relationships, transgender people, and women's sexual agency are portrayed in film, music, and literature
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index