David A. B. Murray Livres

Focusing on the experiences of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) refugee claimants, this ethnographic study delves into their interactions with Canada's refugee determination system. It examines the intricate discourses, protocols, and practices that shape their journeys, highlighting the challenges and nuances they face within a bureaucratic framework. Through personal narratives, the book sheds light on the intersection of identity and legal processes, offering insights into the broader implications for refugee policy and support systems.

In contemporary Martinique, performances of a particular racialized, heterosexualized masculinity prevail in both daily life and state-funded cultural programming. The centrality of these performances must be analyzed in relation to Martinique’s status as an Overseas Department of France and the fraught political, economic, and social effects engendered through this relationship. Contextualized in this particular neocolonial framework, this book examines multiple sites of masculinity in Martinique, ranging from privileged performances (such as state-funded theater productions) to disruptive performances (such as Carnival and the conversations of gay Martinician men). It breaks new ground in Caribbean studies by foregrounding (homo)sexuality as a key factor in understanding Caribbean socio-cultural processes and by providing a critical re-analysis of masculinity and identity through a performative analysis that foregrounds opacity – ambiguity, density, and incompleteness – in the production of any social categorization.