Chutney & Coolie: Queer Masculinities and Indo‑Caribbean Sound

On this episode of the Dis A fi mi History Podcast, Dr. Ryan  Persadie explores Indo‑Caribbean identity through music, family memory, and the legacy of indentureship. The conversation centers on Chutney and Soca as sites where masculinity, queerness, language, and migration histories are performed, contested, and reimagined.

Through personal stories, intergenerational memories, and cultural analysis, the episode shows how music and dance preserve marginalized histories, unsettle archival silences, and offer practices of joy, resistance, and belonging across generations and geographies.

Bio:

Dr. Ryan Persadie is a scholar, writer, and Course Instructor at the University of Toronto whose work explores Indo-Caribbean identities, masculinity, diaspora, performance, sexuality, and cultural memory. Holding a PhD, his research examines the intersections of chutney music, genealogy, colonial history, and Indo-Caribbean subjectivities, with a focus on how communities negotiate belonging, identity, and representation across the Caribbean and its diasporas. Through his scholarship and teaching, Dr. Persadie contributes important perspectives on Indo-Caribbean cultural expression, postcolonial studies, and the evolving meanings of identity within Caribbean society.

Link:

https://www.academia.edu/44790043/_Meh_Just_Realize_Is_Ah_Coolie_Bai_Indo_Caribbean_Masculinities_Chutney_Genealogies_and_Qoolie_Subjectivities

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