METHODOLOGIES in CARIBBEAN RESEARCH on Gender and Sexuality

by Kamala Kempadoo, Halimah A. F. DeShong

Methodologies in Caribbean Research on Gender and Sexuality is an inspiring volume. Kempadoo and DeShong have curated half a century of Caribbean feminist-led research to demonstrate the sheer ingenuity of the feminist vanguard that successfully established gender and women’s studies across the Caribbean. The result is a radical, post-colonial intellectual flourishing of methodological innovation, grounded as much in the cultural life and work of women’s movements as in The University of the West Indies. The editors treat methodology as political-intellectual praxis, making it essential reading for all those engaged in anti-colonial, counter-hegemonic or feminist work. Addressing textual, visual and bodily literacies across diverse territories, the volume as a whole reflects ongoing struggles taking place in cultural, scholarly and political movements all over the Global South, as well as the move to trans-disciplinary and multi-method studies of femininity and of masculinity. Beginning with the women’s studies of the 1970s, readers are led into rich tapestry of contemporary experimentations that mark the maturation of a powerful field that is able to both produce and interrogate the historical and cultural distinctiveness of the Caribbean region. An enviable accomplishment! Amina MamaKwame Nkrumah ChairInstitute of African Studies, University of Ghana This wonderful collection is a landmark in Caribbean feminist thought and studies of Caribbean social science methodology, and will be known as one of the most important texts in both fields for a generation. Aaron KamugishaProfessor of Cultural StudiesThe University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Methodologies in Caribbean Research on Gender and Sexuality is a welcome text for graduate teaching in a range of fields. This much-needed text already has a place in my Black Feminist Theories classes and will definitely be usable in a range of related research practices and studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Carole Boyce DaviesProfessor of Africana Studies and Literatures in EnglishCornell University

453 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 15, 2021

Reviews

[Shalinee · Rating 5 out of 5]

An essential read for all Caribbean/Feminist/anti-colonial/counter hegemonic researchers. This book is a landmark for Caribbean research.
The authors and contributors explore a diverse terrain of methodologies. I was particularly interested the Patricia Mohammed's chapter on photographs and visuality.