Editors:
- Offers an in-depth scientific study of sexuality in the Caribbean
- Presents new information on sexual orientation
- Reinvigorates the discussion of culture in sexuality
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book brings together the most recent work of Caribbean psychologists in the English-speaking islands of Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad on gender and sexuality. The authors analyse the unique challenges posed by contradictions between cultural values and modern sexual expression in the region. They examine a broad range of topics such as conceptions of gender roles in primary school children, sexual behavior and emotional social intelligence in adolescents, and sexual identities and orientations in adults. Chapters cover issues including how women who have sex with women (WSWs) self-identify, the 'Lebenswelt' (life world) of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Jamaica, transsexual care and its psychological impact, the influence of music on sexuality, how intimacy is defined, as well as the relationship between identity formation and the fear of intimacy in Jamaica, and the practice of polyamory in Jamaica and Trinidad.
This distinctive collection is the first of its kind, grounded in both qualitative and quantitative research. It presents a sophisticated comparative analyses of the cultures of the Anglophone Caribbean represented by Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados to offer a broader discussions of intimacy and relationships. With practical implications for therapy, it will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of gender and sexuality studies, psychology and culture.
Editors and Affiliations
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Caribbean Sexuality Research Group (CSRG), Kingston, Jamaica
Karen Carpenter
About the editor
Karen Anne Carpenter is a psychologist and clinical sexologist. She is the Director of The Caribbean Sexuality Research Group (CSRG) and runs the public Sexology Clinic at The University Hospital of the West Indies, along with a private practice in Jamaica. She is co-founder of the 'Love & Sex' brand of radio & television programmes and relationship seminars and the author of Love & Sex: The Basics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Interweaving Tapestries of Culture and Sexuality in the Caribbean
Editors: Karen Carpenter
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58816-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58815-5Published: 09 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86481-5Published: 12 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58816-2Published: 30 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 226
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sexual Behavior, Gender Studies, Psychosocial Studies, Cross Cultural Psychology, Queer Theory