Number 4, 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

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

• 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

• When bad is cool: Violence and Crime as Rites of Passage to Manhood
  David Plummer and Stephen Geofroy

• Representations of homophobic violence in Anglophone Caribbean Literature
  Geraldine Skeete

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 Caribbean
  Gabrielle Hosein

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