Sexual diversity in Africa : politics, theory, and citizenship /
Sexual diversity in Africa : politics, theory, and citizenship /
edited by S.N. Nyeck and Marc Epprecht.
- [CEL version.
- Montréal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2013. Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (vi, 302 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part One : Framing the Debates. Human Rights Challenge in Africa: Sexual Minority Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / No Place Like Home: African Refugees and the Emergence of a New Queer Frame of Reference / The Making of "African Sexuality": Early Sources, Current Debates / Rhetorical Analysis of President Jammeh's Threats to Behead Homosexuals in the Gambia / Olajide Akanji and Marc Epprecht -- Notisha Massaquoi -- Marc Epprecht -- Stella Nyanzi Part Two : South Africa. Military Mutilation: The Aversion Program in the South African Defence Force in the Apartheid / Constructing the "Ex-Gay" Subject: Cultural Convergences in Post-Apartheid South Africa / The (Mis)Treatment of South African Track Star Caster / Era Vasu Reddy, Lisa Wiebesiek, and Crystal Munthree -- Melissa Hackman -- Semenya Shari L. Dworkin, Amanda Lock Swarr, and Cheryl Cooky Part Three : Comparative Studies. Mobilizing against the Invisible: Erotic Nationalism, Mass Media, and the "Paranoid Style" in Cameroon / "The One Who First Says I Love You": Love, Seniority, and Relational Gender in Postcolonial Ghana / LGBTI Community and Citizenship Practices in Urban Ghana / Male Homosexuality in Bamako: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Historical Comparative Perspective / The Politics of Sexual Diversity: An Afterword / S.N. Nyeck -- Serena Owusua Dankwa -- Kathleen O'Mara -- Christophe Broqua -- Sylvia Tamale.
A comprehensive analysis of sexual diversity in Africa from a multidisciplinary perspective.
9780773589759
Sexual minorities--Africa.
Sex--Africa.
Gender identity--Africa.
Queer theory--Africa.
Electronic Books.
HQ73 / .S498 2013
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part One : Framing the Debates. Human Rights Challenge in Africa: Sexual Minority Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / No Place Like Home: African Refugees and the Emergence of a New Queer Frame of Reference / The Making of "African Sexuality": Early Sources, Current Debates / Rhetorical Analysis of President Jammeh's Threats to Behead Homosexuals in the Gambia / Olajide Akanji and Marc Epprecht -- Notisha Massaquoi -- Marc Epprecht -- Stella Nyanzi Part Two : South Africa. Military Mutilation: The Aversion Program in the South African Defence Force in the Apartheid / Constructing the "Ex-Gay" Subject: Cultural Convergences in Post-Apartheid South Africa / The (Mis)Treatment of South African Track Star Caster / Era Vasu Reddy, Lisa Wiebesiek, and Crystal Munthree -- Melissa Hackman -- Semenya Shari L. Dworkin, Amanda Lock Swarr, and Cheryl Cooky Part Three : Comparative Studies. Mobilizing against the Invisible: Erotic Nationalism, Mass Media, and the "Paranoid Style" in Cameroon / "The One Who First Says I Love You": Love, Seniority, and Relational Gender in Postcolonial Ghana / LGBTI Community and Citizenship Practices in Urban Ghana / Male Homosexuality in Bamako: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Historical Comparative Perspective / The Politics of Sexual Diversity: An Afterword / S.N. Nyeck -- Serena Owusua Dankwa -- Kathleen O'Mara -- Christophe Broqua -- Sylvia Tamale.
A comprehensive analysis of sexual diversity in Africa from a multidisciplinary perspective.
9780773589759
Sexual minorities--Africa.
Sex--Africa.
Gender identity--Africa.
Queer theory--Africa.
Electronic Books.
HQ73 / .S498 2013