Special Issue 16 
Gender Articulated: Visual Language and the Un/Seeable Self
Guest Editor: Marsha Pearce
December 2025
i–iii Contents
iv–vii Contributors
viii-xi Cover - Mango III, 2019. Melissa Alcena
Editorial
1–10 Gender Articulated: Visual Language and the Un/Seeable Self Marsha Pearce
Visuals
11–34 Piecing Together the Un/Seen: Collage as a Language of Being Marsha Pearce, Kashif Dennis, Farrah Karapetian, M. Florine Démosthène, and Mazaré Trim
35–58 Veiled Sight: Un/Masking Identities and Experiences Marsha Pearce, Marlon James, Ray Arcadio, Shari Phoenix and Sasha-Kay Nicole Hinds
59–84 Beyond Glimpses in the Archive: Visual Narratives of the Land and Body Marsha Pearce, Tessa Alexander, Cydne Jasmine Colby, Renluka Maharaj, and Coralina Rodriguez Meyer
Peer Reviewed Papers
Gazing, Witnessing
85–112 Site Seen: Visual Art, Blackness, Gender and Queerness in the Anglphone Caribbean Chinyere Brown
113–142 “What’s a Girl to do When She’s Needy?” At the Intersections of Queer Dancehall, Social Media, and Queer Caribbean Visuality Gabby Mahabeer
Writing Gender with Light
143–182 Intimacy as Aperture: Gender, Crisis and the Unseen in Haitian Visual Culture after 1915 Shelby M Sinclair
183–210 Azúcar Negra: Visualising Celia Cruz’s Performances in the Cuban-Heritage Collection Elyse Veloria
Reimagining Self
211–242 Carnival Madona: The Contemporary Caribbean Baby Doll Masquerade Amanda McIntyre
Gender Dialogues
243–262 The In/Visible Woman: Gender, Memory and Monuments in the Caribbean Allison Ramsay
263–274 In/Visible Native Tracy Assing
275–280 The Archbishop’s Drag and The Equal Opportunity Act Andre Bagoo
281–298 What’s Found in the Foliage? Llanor Alleyne and Dominique Hunter in Conversation Bianca Mona
299–310 Carnival is Woman: The Female Gaze in Caribbean Culture and Art Shauneé Richards
313–328 Mafalda Mondestin’s Secret Tropical Garden: Looking at the Island from the Dominican Republic Carine Schermann
329–336 Home is a Feeling Rosanna Valencia
Book Review
161–168 Caribbean Healing Traditions: Implications for Health and Mental Health Karen Naidoo
Contributors Biographies
337–350 Contributors Biographies
