The latest issue of Caribbean Studies — Volume 54, Number 1, January-June 2026—is now available. Caribbean Studies is a multidisciplinary academic journal published since 1961 by the Institute of Caribbean Studies, College of Social Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. The journal publishes original works on the Social Sciences and the Humanities in English, Spanish or French. At present, one of the bi-annual issues is usually a special thematic one. The latest issue, 54.1, contains a Special Dossier titled “Beyond Homophobia,” with seven curated articles, as well as other articles in their regular section. See titles of all articles below followed by a link to the journal.
SPECIAL DOSSIER
Introduction. “Beyond Homophobia: An Unapologetically Caribbean LGBTQIA+ Space,” Moji Anderson, Erin C. MacLeod
“The Sea, the Sun, and the Earth Speak of Us Once Again,” Thomas Glave
“Europe as Trap Door: Trans Caribbean Migration as Microcosm of Fragmented Globality,” Keith E. McNeal
“Bring Dem Up: Creating New Spaces with Little Black Onscreen Boxes for Learning and Relearning – Soar Caribbean and Sasod Guyana,” Karen Naidoo, Joel Simpson, Nastasia-Simonida Krstic, Gurpavan Dhugga, Hannah Tarr, Ranjeet Ryan Singh, Zainab Habeeb, Marie Benjamin
“Navigating Discourses of Nation and Belonging: Nativism, Secularisation and the ‘Homosexuality Question’ in Caribbean and African Catholicism,” R. Anthony Lewis
“Deconstructing Patriarchy in LGBTQ Advocacy and Activism in Jamaica,” Jaevion Nelson
“Spirit of Haiti: A Conversation Between Myriam J. A. Chancy and Natália Affonso,” Myriam J. A. Chancy, Natália Affonso
ARTICLES
“How to Live an Unfinished Revolution: Waiting, Stuckedness, and the Socialist Good Life After Cuba’s Special Period,” L. Urbain
“Patería: Lenguaje Cuir Hemisférico y Performance Contemporánea en Puerto Rico,” Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes
“Debates en EE.UU. sobre la Economía de Puerto Rico a Inicios de la Década de 1930: Perspectivas del Brookings Institution y el American Fund For Public Service,” Iyari Ríos González
“Resistiendo la gentrificación en Puerto Rico: La lucha comunitaria de Los Filtros en Guaynabo by Víctor M. Vázquez Rodríguez,” (Review) Jorge Duany
For articles, go to https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/57604
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