The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power: Pan-African Embodiment and Erotic Schemes of Empire

Contents

Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii 1. Pan-Africanism or Sexual Imperialism: White Supremacy, Hellenomania, and Discourses of Sexuality 1 2. The Madness of Gender in Plantation America: Sex, Womanhood, and U.S. Chattel Slavery, Revisited 24 3. Sexual Imitation and the Lumpen-Bourgeoisie: Race and Class as Erotic Con®ict in E. Franklin Frazier 51 4. Sexual Imitation and the “Greedy Little Caste”: Race and Class as Erotic Con®ict in Frantz Fanon 76 5. Colonialism and Erotic Desire—in English: The Case of Jamaica Kincaid 104 6. Neo-colonial Canons of Gender and Sexuality, after COINTELPRO: Black Power Bodies/Black Popular Culture and Counter-insurgent Critiques of Sexism and Homophobia 129 Conclusion 154 Notes 161 References 179 Index 195 ...