" My Body is My Piece of Land": Female Sexuality, Family, and Capital in Caribbean Texts

SC Duvivier - Callaloo, 2008 - JSTOR
SC Duvivier
Callaloo, 2008JSTOR
[SJexuality in the Caribbean has been and continues to be material for the reproduction of
the workforce, family, and nation as well as for boosting national economies and, as such,
constitutes important economic resources in the region. Sexual-economic exchanges
appear as crucial for the sustenance of the region in the face of inequalities that global
capitalism has created in the small Caribbean nations and territories.
[SJexuality in the Caribbean has been and continues to be material for the reproduction of the workforce, family, and nation as well as for boosting national economies and, as such, constitutes important economic resources in the region. Sexual-economic exchanges appear as crucial for the sustenance of the region in the face of inequalities that global capitalism has created in the small Caribbean nations and territories.
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