Constructing “Gaydren”
Drawing from the work of Jamaica’s Gay Freedom Movement (1977–84), this essay uses the term gaydren to consider the basis for activism around same-sex desire in Jamaica in the 1970s and 1980s. Gaydren is a combination of gay, a North Atlantic reference to subjects of same-sex desire, and bredren, a...
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crdukeunivpr:10.1215/07990537-7703253 2024-06-02T08:11:02+00:00 Constructing “Gaydren” Chin, Matthew 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/07990537-7703253 http://read.dukeupress.edu/small-axe/article-pdf/23/2%20(2)/17/619161/0230017.pdf en eng Duke University Press Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism volume 23, issue 2, page 17-33 ISSN 0799-0537 1534-6714 journal-article 2019 crdukeunivpr https://doi.org/10.1215/07990537-7703253 2024-05-07T13:15:13Z Drawing from the work of Jamaica’s Gay Freedom Movement (1977–84), this essay uses the term gaydren to consider the basis for activism around same-sex desire in Jamaica in the 1970s and 1980s. Gaydren is a combination of gay, a North Atlantic reference to subjects of same-sex desire, and bredren, a word initially constructed in Rastafarian lexicon as a masculinist expression of collective solidarity. Examining the construction of gaydren highlights the cultural work of Jamaican activists as they transform North Atlantic political discourses to align with the particular contingencies of sexual politics in Jamaica. As a form of political practice, gaydren challenges normative configurations of bredren and gay that emerge from political contexts that oppose white imperial domination to consider more nuanced approaches to both Jamaican and North Atlantic cultural influences. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Duke University Press Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticism 23 2 17 33 |
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Drawing from the work of Jamaica’s Gay Freedom Movement (1977–84), this essay uses the term gaydren to consider the basis for activism around same-sex desire in Jamaica in the 1970s and 1980s. Gaydren is a combination of gay, a North Atlantic reference to subjects of same-sex desire, and bredren, a word initially constructed in Rastafarian lexicon as a masculinist expression of collective solidarity. Examining the construction of gaydren highlights the cultural work of Jamaican activists as they transform North Atlantic political discourses to align with the particular contingencies of sexual politics in Jamaica. As a form of political practice, gaydren challenges normative configurations of bredren and gay that emerge from political contexts that oppose white imperial domination to consider more nuanced approaches to both Jamaican and North Atlantic cultural influences. |
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