I propose, in this paper, to read the construction of Caribbean identities as formulated in contemporary literature emergent from within the Hispanophone, Francophone, and Anglophone Caribbean (Juan Pedro Gutiérrez, Patrick Chamoiseau, and H. Nigel Thomas respectively) though a gendered lens—specifically masculinity—to explore how differing representations of manhood from across the region reflect, challenge, or otherwise engage with colonial legacies, postcolonial national politics, notions of national identity and citizenship within their specific cultural and political context. I wish to draw comparisons between these texts, as well as highlight how historical, political, cultural and linguistic differences and traditions affect the very notion of what it is to be a Caribbean male, a citizen, and indeed, a nation.
The Origins of Man: Contemporary Literary Representations of Masculinity in the Caribbean.
