Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora Book

Introduction Haiti's transnational politics of "big man-ism" 1

Pt. 1 Straight, queer, and street

1 Trans-American constructions of black heteromasculinity : Dany Laferriere, le Negre, and the late-capitalist American racial Machine-desirante 25

2 From Fort Dimanche to Brooklyn : transnational regimes of violence, Duvalierism, and failed heteromasculinity in Raoul Peck's Haitian corner 59

Pt. 2 Queer fist

3 "Honey, honey, Miss Thing" : Assotto Saint's drag queen blues - queening the homeland, queer-fisting the dyaspora 85

4 Drag-kinging the dyaspora : Dred performing black (female) masculinities in Haiti's Tenth Department 114

Pt. 3 Rapping b(l)ack

5 (Rara) Rap Haiti! : Wyclef Jean's Chante pwen, embattled black masculinity, and diasporic remix as political protest 143

6 Trans-American art on the streets : Jean-Michel Basquiat's black canvas bodies and urban vodou-art in Manhattan 174

Conclusion Presidential politics, Haiti's Gwo Negs, and diasporic cultural production as transnational political protest 203

Notes 211

Selected bibliography 259

Index 293