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OverviewEdited by Rose Mary Allen and Sruti Bala, this comprehensive handbook of gender studies scholarship on the Dutch Caribbean islands thematically covers the history of movements for gender equality; the relation of gender to race, colonialism, sexuality; and the arts and popular culture. The handbook offers unparalleled insights into a century of debates around gender from the six islands of the Dutch Caribbean (Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba). This handbook makes gender studies in the Dutch Caribbean accessible to an international readership. Besides key academic writings, it includes primary historical sources, translations from Papiamento and Dutch, as well as personal memoirs and poetry. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Rose Mary Allen , Sruti BalaPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 01 Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9789004690875ISBN 10: 9004690875 Pages: 573 Publication Date: 25 April 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures Notes on Contributors Editors’ Introduction to the Handbook of Gender Studies in the Dutch Caribbean Rose Mary Allen and Sruti Bala SECTION 1 1 Curaçaoan Women in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries Nolda Römer-Kenepa 2 The Repercussions of Rumor: an Adultery Case from Eighteenth-Century Curaçao Jessica V. Roitman 3 Gender Dialectics in Colonial Saba, 1780–1863 Ryan Espersen 4 New York, Cuba and the Birth of a Subversive Dutch Caribbean Writer An Introduction to P. P. Medardo De Marchena’s “Women and Modern-Day Life” (1934) Margo Groenewoud 5 Women and Modern-Day Life: An Intimate Study of Women as our Life Companions with Some Advice (1934) Pedro Pablo Medardo de Marchena 6 We have the Right to Break with that Custom Speech on the Occasion of the Seventh Anniversary of the Organization of the Wednesday Women (1955) Imelda van West-Davelaar 7 Aruban Women’s Protests against Campo Alegre (1950–1957) Lucia Kelly 8 The Women’s Movement in Bonaire: An Introduction Rose Mary Allen, Judith Brekelmans & Liliane de Geus 9 Afro-Caribbean Kinship Networks and the Emancipation of Women Gladys J. do Rego-Kuster 10 Hidden Strengths: Intellect and Ideology behind the Women’s Movement in Curaçao and Aruba, 1946–1995 Margo Groenewoud 11 Gender Policy and Institutionalization in Curaçao: Governmental and Civil Society Interactions since the 1930s Jacqueline Martis 12 The Dutch Caribbean Women’s Movement and the Efforts of the Women’s Development Center (SEDA) toward Societal Transformation Stella Pieters Kwiers 13 In Search of our Memory: Gender in the Netherlands Antilles Sonia M. Cuales SECTION 14 Former Slave Owner’s House [Lanthùis] Crisèn Schorea 15 Indigenous Identity, Gender and Colonialism in Bonaire Oliver Antczak 16 Respectability and Resistance: Race, Gender and the Microdimensions of Power in the Colony Angela Roe 17 The Ivory Tower of Women’s Studies Troetje Loewenthal 18 Graduate Research Report on the Position of Curaçaoan Women Working at Texas Instruments from 1968 to 1976 Sonia M. Cuales 19 From the Womb: Reflections on Single Motherhood in Curaçao Jeanne Henriquez 20 Cracks in the Glass Ceiling: Opportunities, Barriers and Strategies for Women in the Labor Market in Curaçao and Aruba Paula Kibbelaar 21 Nine Houses, Nine Families: Oral History in the Rancho Neighborhood Yolanda Richardson 22 “Sintimentunan Derá, Sla Ekspresá”: How Curaçaoans in the Netherlands Perceive Partner Violence Kristen Martina 23 Venezuelan Sex Workers in Curaçao: Rethinking Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling in Curaçao’s Refugee Crisis Beatriz César Loureiro 24 Women and Power Maria Liberia-Peters 25 Gender Equality and Justice in Aruba: Policies and Practices Evelyn Wever-Croes SECTION 3 26 Contesting Respectability and Sexual Politics in Post-Emancipation Curaçao Rose Mary Allen 27 A Paragraph in the Unwritten History of Lesbian Love in the Caribbean: Amor Di Kambrada Aart G. Broek 28 No Rhythm (You) Lysanne Charles 29 Women Who Love Women in Curaçao: From “Cachapera” to Open Throats: A Commentary in Collage Joceline Clemencia 30 Forma Di Papia (Ways of Speaking) in the Dutch Caribbean and their Relevance for the Study of Gender and Sexuality Louis Philippe M. Römer 31 I have to Come Out [Mi Tin Ku Sali] Gilbert Bacilio 32 You Think Too Much like a Dutch Woman [Bo Ta Pensa Muchu Manera Makamba] Frida Domacassé 33 Intimacy and Integration: The Ambivalent Achievement of Marriage Equality in the Dutch Caribbean, 2007–2012 Chelsea Schields 34 Sissies and Pancake Makers in Curaçao: Homosexuality as Shock Therapy Vincent Sleebe 35 A Queer Cultural Perspective from Curaçao Mario Kleinmoedig 36 Studies on Trans* and Same-Sex Loving People in Curaçao: A Review Essay Wigbertson Julian Isenia 37 My Truth [Mi Bèrdat] Crisèn Schorea SECTION 4 38 Women’s Literary Production in the Dutch Caribbean Elisabeth Echteld & Wim Rutgers 39 The Semiotics of Dark Clouds in Songs and Poems of Elia Isenia: Art as Female Therapy Joceline Clemencia 40 Tambú and the Arawak Princess Diyani: The Performance of History, Myth and Ritual Nanette de Jong 41 Sex, Spirit and the Artist in the Films of Felix de Rooy Jean Antoine-Dunne 42 St. Maarten is Like My Lover Lysanne Charles 43 Muhé Di Rancho, Be(com)ing with Calco: A Caribbean Feminist Practice for Decolonial Life Writing Nadia Dresscher-Lambertus 44 Saba Lace: History, Culture and Art Eric A. Eliason 45 Making Up the Rules on My Own Linda Richardson 46 Fridi Martina: A Brief Biography Philie van Veen 47 Baptism of Fire Fridi Martina 48 Mother Rock [Baranka Mama] Fridi Martina 49 Chakutoe: A Play about the Port Strike of 1922 in Curaçao Gilbert Bacilio 50 Woman [Muhé] Imelda Valerianus-FerminaReviewsAuthor InformationRose Mary Allen is Extraordinary Professor in the field of Culture, Community and History at the University of Curaçao Dr. Moises da Costa Gomez and a pioneer of oral history research. Her recent publications include a co-edited volume on the history and legacies of Dutch colonial slavery history, Staat en slavernij: het Nederlandse koloniale slavernijverleden en zijn doorwerkingen (State and slavery: Dutch colonial slavery history and its repercussions) (Athenaeum Publishers, 2023). Sruti Bala is associate professor in theater and performance studies at the University of Amsterdam. Her publications include 'The Gestures of Participatory Art' (2018) and the co-edited volume, The Global Trajectories of Queerness: Re-thinking Same-Sex Politics in the Global South, (Brill/Rodopi, 2015). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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