Rashana Vikara Lydner
Biographic Data
| ID | 2407373 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rashana Vikara Lydner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rashana Vikara |
| FAMILY NAME | Lydner |
| SIGNATURE | LYDNER R V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Mwen enmé’w’ (I love you)
Situated amid work on gender, sexuality, popular culture, and creolistics, this article examines how Lycinaïs Jean, a zoukeuse and fusion artist, navigates identity construction as a woman who loves women (WLW) in the French Caribbean zoukscape. Through a discourse analysis of her social media posts, interviews, and music, the discussion shows how Lycinaïs strategically positions her songs as songs about universal love phenomena rather than queer…
S'habiller sexy en body string
This essay examines the discourse surrounding respectability politics and the French Guianese "bad gyal" Bamby's performance of femininity in French Guiana and the wider French Caribbean. It argues that Bamby's style of s'habiller sexy (dressing sexy) is more than just her way of dressing. In fact, it encompasses the topics of her songs, her choice to sing in French Guianese Creole and Jamaican Creole, and embodiment. In addition, the essay shows…
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S'habiller sexy en body string
This essay examines the discourse surrounding respectability politics and the French Guianese "bad gyal" Bamby's performance of femininity in French Guiana and the wider French Caribbean. It argues that Bamby's style of s'habiller sexy (dressing sexy) is more than just her way of dressing. In fact, it encompasses the topics of her songs, her choice to sing in French Guianese Creole and Jamaican Creole, and embodiment. In addition, the essay shows…
Mwen enmé’w’ (I love you)
Situated amid work on gender, sexuality, popular culture, and creolistics, this article examines how Lycinaïs Jean, a zoukeuse and fusion artist, navigates identity construction as a woman who loves women (WLW) in the French Caribbean zoukscape. Through a discourse analysis of her social media posts, interviews, and music, the discussion shows how Lycinaïs strategically positions her songs as songs about universal love phenomena rather than queer…
Migration, Identity, and Health (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (1 work) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · Mathematical Physics (1 work) · Mathematics (1 work) · Queer (1 work)