Post Apartheid Same Sex Sexualities

Author : Andy Carolin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000332278

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Post-Apartheid Same-Sex Sexualities by Andy Carolin Pdf

This book examines how same-sex sexualities are represented in several post-apartheid South African cultural texts, drawing on a rich local archive of same-sex sexualities that includes recent fiction, drama, film, photography, and popular print culture. While the book situates these texts within the specific context of post-apartheid South Africa, it also looks outwards towards transnational connectivity and cultural flows. The author uses the idea of restlessness to refer to the uneven flow of cultural tropes, political sentiment, ideas, ideologies, and representational modes across geographical boundaries, across time and space, and between genres, presenting sexual cultures as simultaneously rooted and transnational. He focuses on how notions of race and gender, in the shadow of colonialism and apartheid, play out in the present and shape how sexualities are represented. This interdisciplinary book offers a conceptual entry point to several areas of study, including transnationalism, literary and cultural studies, critical race theory, gender and sexuality studies, and African studies, and will be of interest to students and researchers across these fields. Its inclusion of a range of textual genres extends its reach into visual culture, film and media studies, history, and politics.

Author : Thabo Msibi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317512554

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Hidden Sexualities of South African Teachers by Thabo Msibi Pdf

South Africa remains a global leader in the legislative protection of individuals who engage in same-sex relations, and is the only country in Africa where the rights of these individuals are explicitly recognized and protected by the constitution. Yet South Africa’s identities are still contested and evolving, particularly for same-sex desiring teachers – many are forced to locate their sexualities privately for fear of being ostracized, bullied or losing their jobs, resulting in the miseducation of young people in schools. This volume reveals the various ways in which black South African male teachers construct their sexual and professional identities, how they accommodate structural dictates while simultaneously resisting them, and the effect this has on students. Presenting the day-to-day experiences of eight same-sex desiring teachers within repressive contexts, this volume challenges the Western origins and assumptions of queer theory, particularly its inability to confront communal forms of social organizing and its focus on individual agency. It asks for more socially responsive theorizing that takes into account the role played by location, race, class, gender and sexual identification within South African and international contexts.

Author : Henriette Gunkel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135147334

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The Cultural Politics of Female Sexuality in South Africa by Henriette Gunkel Pdf

Sexual identity has emerged into the national discourse of post-apartheid South Africa, bringing the subject of rights and the question of gender relations and cultural authenticity into the focus of the nation state’s politics. This book is a fascinating reflection on the effects of these discourses on non-normative modes of sexuality and intimacy and on the country more generally. While in 1996, South Africa became the first country in the world that explicitly incorporated lesbian and gay rights within a Bill of Rights, much of the country has continued to see homosexuality as un-African. Henriette Gunkel examines how colonialism and apartheid have historically shaped constructions of gender and sexuality and how these concepts have not only been re-introduced and shaped by understandings of homosexuality as un-African but also by the post-apartheid constitution and continued discourse within the nation.

Author : Stephen O. Murray,Will Roscoe
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438484112

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Boy-Wives and Female Husbands by Stephen O. Murray,Will Roscoe Pdf

Among the many myths created about Africa, the claim that homosexuality and gender diversity are absent or incidental is one of the oldest and most enduring. Historians, anthropologists, and many contemporary Africans alike have denied or overlooked African same-sex patterns or claimed that such patterns were introduced by Europeans or Arabs. In fact, same-sex love and nonbinary genders were and are widespread in Africa. Boy-Wives and Female Husbands documents the presence of this diversity in some fifty societies in every region of the continent south of the Sahara. Essays by scholars from a variety of disciplines explore institutionalized marriages between women, same-sex relations between men and boys in colonial work settings, mixed gender roles in east and west Africa, and the emergence of LGBTQ activism in South Africa, which became the first nation in the world to constitutionally ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. Also included are oral histories, folklore, and translations of early ethnographic reports by German and French observers. Boy-Wives and Female Husbands was the first serious study of same-sex sexuality and gender diversity in Africa, and this edition includes a new foreword by Marc Epprecht that underscores the significance of the book for a new generation of African scholars, as well as reflections on the book's genesis by the late Stephen O. Murray. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to the generous support of the Murray Hong Family Trust. Access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/1714.

Author : S.N. Nyeck,Marc Epprecht
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773589759

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Sexual Diversity in Africa by S.N. Nyeck,Marc Epprecht Pdf

How does one address homophobia without threatening majority rule democracy and freedoms of speech and faith? How does one "Africanize" sexuality research, empirically and theoretically, in an environment that is not necessarily welcoming to African scholars? In Sexual Diversity in Africa, contributors critically engage with current debates about sexuality and gender identity, as well as with contentious issues relating to methodology, epistemology, ethics, and pedagogy. They present a tapestry of issues that testify to the complex nature of sexuality, sexual practices, and gender performance in Africa. Essays examine topics such as the well-established same-sex networks in Accra and Bamako, African "traditions" defined by European observers, and the bizarre mix of faith, pharmaceuticals, and pseudo-science used to "cure" homosexual men. Their evidence also demonstrates the indefensibility of over-simplified constructions of homosexuality versus heterosexuality, modern versus traditional, Africa versus the West, and progress from the African closet towards Western models of out politics, all of which have tainted research on same-sex practices and scientific studies of HIV/AIDS. Asserting that the study of sexuality is intellectually and politically sustainable in Africa, Sexual Diversity in Africa contributes to the theorization of sexualities by presenting a more sensitive and knowledgeable study of African experiences and perspectives. Contributors include Olajide Akanji, Christophe Broqua, Cheryl Cooky, Serena Owusua Dankwa, Shari L. Dworkin, Marc Epprecht, Melissa Hackman, Notisha Massaquoi, Crystal Munthree, Kathleen O’Mara, Stella Nyanzi, S.N.Nyeck, Vasu Reddy, Amanda Lock Swarr, and Lisa Wiebesiek.

Author : Vasu Reddy,Theo Sandfort,Laetitia C. Rispel
Publisher : HSRC Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 0796922764

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From Social Silence to Social Science by Vasu Reddy,Theo Sandfort,Laetitia C. Rispel Pdf

"From social silence to social science: same-sex sexuality, HIV & AIDS and gender in South Africa presents a unique and innovative effort to examine what we know about homosexual transmission of HIV and AIDS in South Africa. It reverses the trend whereby categories of same sex sexual practice are almost always excluded from research of HIV and AIDS, as well as from care and intervention programmes. The varied contributors (academics, activists and programme planners) draw attention to the risk behaviours and treatment needs of people who engage in homosexual sex, and explain why same-sex sexuality has to be seen as key within South African efforts to study, test and prevent HIV infection. Relevant to scholarly debates about HIV and AIDS, it is also essential reading for anyone involved in research, policymaking, advocacy and community development"--Publisher Website.

Author : Oluwafemi Adeagbo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030039226

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The Dynamics and Complexities of Interracial Gay Families in South Africa: A New Frontier by Oluwafemi Adeagbo Pdf

This book provides an in-depth account of a qualitative study on the familial arrangements and domestic settings shaping interracial gay partnerships in the South African context, and it offers both empirical and theoretical insights on the topic. While heterosexual intimate relationships, particularly mixed-race couples, have attracted societal and scholarly attention in South Africa due to the country’s past history of racial segregation, it is, however, striking how little emphasis is placed on understanding same-sex unions in a transforming South Africa. This book is timely and important because it explores the vignettes, complexities and dynamics of interracial gay intimate relationships, an area that hardly gets the scholarly attention it deserves. The book addresses the intersectionality, and the question of how sexuality, gender, racial identity and personal resources influence the relationship as well as the way resilience strategies are drawn upon to sustain the partnership.

Author : Karin Van Marle
Publisher : PULP
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 9780958509756

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Sex, Gender, Becoming by Karin Van Marle Pdf

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Author : Rachel Spronk,Thomas Hendriks
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780253047649

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Readings in Sexualities from Africa by Rachel Spronk,Thomas Hendriks Pdf

Images and stories about African sexuality abound in today's globalized media. Frequently old stereotypes and popular opinion inform these stories, and sex in the media is predominately approached as a problem in need of solutions and intervention. The authors gathered here refuse an easy characterization of African sexuality and instead seek to understand the various erotic realities, sexual practices, and gendered changes taking place across the continent. They present a nuanced and comprehensive overview of the field of sex and sexuality in Africa to serve as a guide though the quickly expanding literature. This collection offers a set of texts that use sexuality as a prism for studying how communities coalesce against the canvas of larger political and economic contexts and how personal lives evolve therein. Scholars working in Africa, the U.S., and Europe reflect on issues of representation, health and bio-politics, same-sex relationships and identity, transactional economies of sex, religion and tradition, and the importance of pleasure and agency. This multidimensional reader provides a comprehensive view of sexuality from an African perspective.

Author : Brenna M. Munro
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780816677689

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South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come by Brenna M. Munro Pdf

Uncovers the story of how the politics of queer sexuality have played out in the struggle for multiracial democracy in South Africa

Author : Marc Epprecht
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780821442982

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Heterosexual Africa? by Marc Epprecht Pdf

Heterosexual Africa? The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS builds from Marc Epprecht’s previous book, Hungochani (which focuses explicitly on same-sex desire in southern Africa), to explore the historical processes by which a singular, heterosexual identity for Africa was constructed—by anthropologists, ethnopsychologists, colonial officials, African elites, and most recently, health care workers seeking to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This is an eloquently written, accessible book, based on a rich and diverse range of sources, that will find enthusiastic audiences in classrooms and in the general public. Epprecht argues that Africans, just like people all over the world, have always had a range of sexualities and sexual identities. Over the course of the last two centuries, however, African societies south of the Sahara have come to be viewed as singularly heterosexual. Epprecht carefully traces the many routes by which this singularity, this heteronormativity, became a dominant culture. In telling a fascinating story that will surely generate lively debate, Epprecht makes his project speak to a range of literatures—queer theory, the new imperial history, African social history, queer and women’s studies, and biomedical literature on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. He does this with a light enough hand that his story is not bogged down by endless references to particular debates. Heterosexual Africa? aims to understand an enduring stereotype about Africa and Africans. It asks how Africa came to be defined as a “homosexual-free zone” during the colonial era, and how this idea not only survived the transition to independence but flourished under conditions of globalization and early panicky responses to HIV/AIDS.

Author : Simon Gikandi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199765096

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The Novel in Africa and the Caribbean Since 1950 by Simon Gikandi Pdf

Explores the institutions of cultural production that exerted influence in late colonialism, from missionary schools and metropolitan publishers to universities and small presses. How these structures provoke and respond to the literary trends and social peculiarities of Africa and the Caribbean impacts not only the writing and reading of novels in those regions, but also has a transformative effect on the novel as a global phenomenon.

Author : Theo Sandfort,Fabienne Simenel,Kevin Mwachiro,Vasu Reddy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Homosexuality
ISBN : 9070435128

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Boldly Queer by Theo Sandfort,Fabienne Simenel,Kevin Mwachiro,Vasu Reddy Pdf

Author : Mikki Van Zyl,Melissa E. Steyn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105121961259

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Performing Queer: Shaping sexualities, 1994-2004 by Mikki Van Zyl,Melissa E. Steyn Pdf

This volume explores the social constructions of sexuality in South Africa as articulated in the tensions between margin and mainstream during the transition to democracy. The nuances between how people experience their own sexuality, how that sexuality differs over time, and how they speak about it are discussed in the context of the homosexual communities of South Africa. Using the hierarchy of heteronormativity, this work argues that centralized constructions of sexuality are generally taken for granted, and tend to gain invisibility through their pervasiveness, while marginalized social positions are often visibly pathologized.

Author : Cheryl Stobie
Publisher : University of Kwazulu Natal Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015074308357

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Somewhere in the Double Rainbow by Cheryl Stobie Pdf

Bisexuality has been explored in increasing numbers of South African novels published since 1994. In a society previously dominated by an either/or mindset, what does this development signify? The innovative Somewhere in the Double Rainbow answers this question by examining a number of these novels in depth, looking at South African literature, the nation, and citizenship in a new light.