crgs 4 coverISSUE 4

The Culture of Violence in Trinidad and Tobago

Editors: Valerie Youssef and Paula Morgan

February 2010

 

 

 

 

 

GUEST EDITORIAL
The Culture of Violence in Trinidad and Tobago: A Case Study Valerie Youssef and Paula Morgan

ESSAYS

The historical background to the culture of violence in Trinidad Tobago  Bridget Brereton [view abstract]

You have no friends; you have to stand up for yourself: men negotiating domestic abuse   Jennifer Holder-Dolly and Valerie Youssef [view abstract

Deconstructing “The Equalizer” Beyond A Balance of Terror: The Equaliser Gordon Rohlehr

No Money, No love: Representations of the Social Impact of Poverty in Media, Popular and Literary Discourse Paula Morgan [view abstract]

When bad is cool: Violence and Crime as Rites of Passage to Manhood David Plummer and Stephen Geofroy [view abstract]   

Representations of homophobic violence in Anglophone Caribbean Literature Geraldine Skeete [view abstract]

GENDER DIALOGUES

Commentary: Everyday violence against Children   Merle Hodge

SHORT STORY

Before I dead Rhoda Bharath

MUSIC/VIDEO

‘Ketch Dis’: Envisioning Alternatives to Gender-Based Violence in the CaribbeanGabrielle Hosein  [view abstract] [view video]



BOOK REVIEW

Writing Rage: Unmasking Violence in Caribbean Discourse   Barbara Lalla

 

POEMS

Washing Dishes with a Crab in the Sink Jennifer Rahim
The Secret of Fruit-bearing Trees Jennifer Rahim
There Will be Time Enough for Laughter Jennifer Rahim

TRIBUTE

A Tribute to Estella Scott-Roberts: Advocate, Victim, National Icon Marilyn N. Conolly on behalf of the Estella Scott-Roberts Foundation