Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora
- ISBN-10
- 0253219787
- ISBN-13
- 9780253219787
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Author
- Jana Evans Braziel
Description
How Haitian diaspora artists resist and refigure race, gender, and ethnic identities in American culture
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