Special Issue 16
Gender Articulated: Visual Language and the Un/Seeable Self
Guest Editor: Marsha Pearce
December 2025
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,
Mazaré Trim
35–58 Veiled Sight: Un/Masking Identities and Experiences
Marsha Pearce,
Marlon James,
Ray Arcadio,
Shari Phoenix,
Sasha-Kay Nicole Hinds
59–84 Beyond Glimpses in the Archive: Visual Narratives of the Land and Body
Marsha Pearce,
Tessa Alexander,
Cydne Jasmin Coleby,
Renluka Maharaj,
Coralina Rodriguez Meyer
Peer Reviewed Papers
Gazing, Witnessing
85–112. Site Seen: Visual Art, Sovereignty, and Blackness in the Anglophone 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. “From Complete Despair”: Gender and Crisis in the International Photographic Archive of Haiti
Shelby M. Sinclair
183–210. The Choreography of Celia Cruz en Camera: Aesthetics of Gender and Performance Through the Lens of Black Visual Studies
Elyse Veloria
Reimagining Self
211–242. Carnival Madonna: The Contemporary Caribbean Baby Doll Masquerade Amanda T. McIntyre
Gender Dialogues
243–262. The In/Visible Woman: Gender, Memory and Monuments in the Caribbean
Allison O. 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 Mońa
299–310. Carnival is Woman: The Female Gaze in Trinidad Carnival
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
