Includes bibliographical references and index.

Authorized sex : same-sex sexuality and law in the Caribbean Tracy Robinson -- Drugs obscure the human rights issues for drug users : are demons and jumbies rights holders? Marcus Day -- Charting a legal response to HIV and AIDS and work for the perspective of vulnerability in the epidemic of HIV Robert Carr -- Speaking sexuality : the heteronationalism of MSM Andil Gosine -- Positively limited : gender, sexuality and HIV and AIDS discourses in Barbados David Murray -- Communication and HIV : multi-dimensional frustration Marjan de Bruin -- Tackling the social complexities of HIV and AIDS : understanding the social roots of the epidemic and learning from developments in HIV communication Robin Vincent -- Centering praxis in policies and studies of Caribbean sexuality Kamal Kempadoo -- Afro-Surinamese women's culture and the long shadows of the past Gloria Wekker -- Contradictory sexualities : from vulnerability to empowerment for adolescent girls in Barbados Christine Barrow -- How risk and vulnerability become 'socially embedded' : insights into the resilient gap between awareness and safety in HIV David Plummer -- Risking education : placing young MSM in the HIV prevention equation R. Anthony Lewis -- HIV and AIDS, vulnerability and the governance agenda : a critical perspective on Barbados Philip Nanto -- HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean : an assessment of the risk environment Roger McLean, Karl Theodore, Caroline Allen, Martin Franklin and Christine Laptiste.