Sex And Politics In South Africa

Author : Neville Wallace Hoad,Karen Martin,Graeme Reid
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1770130152

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Sex and Politics in South Africa by Neville Wallace Hoad,Karen Martin,Graeme Reid Pdf

This book tells how South Africa came to lead the world in enshrining sexual equality in our Bill of Rights, which forms part of the Constitution. The achievement, which has been hailed as a model for the rest of the world, did not come about without a long struggle. This was spearheaded by gender activists and movements during the 1980s, whose campaigns on the one hand evoked hostility from the apartheid state and were also dismissed as an irrelevance by conservative factions within the liberation movement. Indeed, the end of apartheid did not automatically guarantee that sexual equality would be realised, and the book explains how in the end this was achieved. The volume draws upon the rich archive of the Gay and Lesbian association and incorporates fascinating first-hand documents from the time as well as essays by participants in the events and later commentators.

Author : S.N. Nyeck,Marc Epprecht
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,6 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 : Amanda Lock Swarr
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438444086

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Sex in Transition by Amanda Lock Swarr Pdf

Honorable Mention, 2013 Ruth Benedict Book Prize presented by the Association for Queer Anthropology Honorable Mention, 2014 Distinguished Book Award presented by the Section on Sexualities of the American Sociological Association Winner of the 2013 Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies presented by the Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies Sex in Transition explores the lives of those who undermine the man/woman binary, exposing the gendered contradictions of apartheid and the transition to democracy in South Africa. In this context, gender liminality—a way to describe spaces between common conceptions of "man" and "woman"—is expressed by South Africans who identify as transgender, transsexual, transvestite, intersex, lesbian, gay, and/or eschew these categories altogether. This book is the first academic exploration of challenges to the man/woman binary on the African continent and brings together gender, queer, and postcolonial studies to question the stability of sex. It examines issues including why transsexuals' sex transitions were encouraged under apartheid and illegal during the political transition to democracy and how butch lesbians and drag queens in urban townships reshape race and gender. Sex in Transition challenges the dominance of theoretical frameworks based in the global North, drawing on fifteen years of research in South Africa to define the parameters of a new transnational transgender and sexuality studies.

Author : Henriette Gunkel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135147327

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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 : S.N. Nyeck,Marc Epprecht
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,9 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 : Saskia Wieringa,Horacio Sívori
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781780324043

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The Sexual History of the Global South by Saskia Wieringa,Horacio Sívori Pdf

The Sexual History of the Global South explores the gap between sexuality studies and post-colonial cultural critique. Featuring twelve case studies, based on original historical and ethnographic research from countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the book examines the sexual investments underlying the colonial project and the construction of modern nation-states. Covering issues of heteronormativity, post-colonial amnesia regarding non-normative sexualities, women's sexual agency, the policing of the boundaries between the public and the private realm, sexual citizenship, the connections between LGBTQ activism and processes of state formation, and the emergence of sexuality studies in the global South, this collection is of great geographical, historical, and topical significance.

Author : Xanthe Hunt,Stine Hellum Braathen,Mussa Chiwaula,Mark T. Carew,Poul Rohleder,Leslie Swartz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030555672

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Physical Disability and Sexuality by Xanthe Hunt,Stine Hellum Braathen,Mussa Chiwaula,Mark T. Carew,Poul Rohleder,Leslie Swartz Pdf

This open access edited volume explores physical disability and sexuality in South Africa, drawing on past studies, new research conducted by the editors, and first-person narratives from people with physical disabilities in the country. Sexuality has long been a site of oppression and discrimination for people with disabilities based on myths and misconceptions, and this book explores how these play out for people with physical disabilities in the South African setting. One myth with which the book is centrally concerned, is that people with disabilities are unable to have sex, or are seen as lacking sexuality by society at large. Societal understandings of masculinity, femininity, bodies and attractiveness, often lead people with physical disabilities to be seen as being undesirable romantic or sexual partners. The contributions in this volume explore how these prevailing social conditions impact on the access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, involvement in romantic relationships, childbearing, and sexual citizenship as a whole, of people with physical disabilities in the Western Cape of the country. The authors' research, and first person contributions by people with physical disabilities themselves, suggest that education and public health policy must change, if the sexual and reproductive health rights and full inclusion of people with disabilities are to be achieved.

Author : Colleen Lowe Morna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114900330

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Ringing Up the Changes by Colleen Lowe Morna Pdf

Author : Ida Susser
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444359107

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AIDS, Sex, and Culture by Ida Susser Pdf

AIDS, Sex, and Culture is a revealing examination of the impact the AIDS epidemic in Africa has had on women, based on the author's own extensive ethnographic research. based on the author's own story growing up in South Africa looks at the impact of social conservatism in the US on AIDS prevention programs discussion of the experiences of women in areas ranging from Durban in KwaZulu Natal to rural settlements in Namibia and Botswana includes a chapter written by Sibongile Mkhize at the University of KwaZulu Natal who tells the story of her own family’s struggle with AIDS

Author : Marc Epprecht
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0773527516

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Hungochani by Marc Epprecht Pdf

Challenging the stereotypes of African heterosexuality - from the precolonial era to the present.

Author : Shireen Hassim
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299213831

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Women's Organizations and Democracy in South Africa by Shireen Hassim Pdf

The transition to democracy in South Africa was one of the defining events in twentieth-century political history. The South African women’s movement is one of the most celebrated on the African continent. Shireen Hassim examines interactions between the two as she explores the gendered nature of liberation and regime change. Her work reveals how women’s political organizations both shaped and were shaped by the broader democratic movement. Alternately asserting their political independence and giving precedence to the democratic movement as a whole, women activists proved flexible and remarkably successful in influencing policy. At the same time, their feminism was profoundly shaped by the context of democratic and nationalist ideologies. In reading the last twenty-five years of South African history through a feminist framework, Hassim offers fresh insights into the interactions between civil society, political parties, and the state. Hassim boldly confronts sensitive issues such as the tensions between autonomy and political dependency in feminists’ engagement with the African National Congress (ANC) and other democratic movements, and black-white relations within women’s organizations. She offers a historically informed discussion of the challenges facing feminist activists during a time of nationalist struggle and democratization. Winner, Victoria Schuck Award for best book on women and politics, American Political Science Association “An exceptional study, based on extensive research. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice “A rich history of women’s organizations in South African . . . . [Hassim] had observed at first hand, and often participated in, much of what she described. She had access to the informants and private archives that so enliven the narrative and enrich the analysis. She provides a finely balanced assessment.”—Gretchen Bauer, African Studies Review

Author : Ingrid Palmary
Publisher : Springer
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319407333

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Gender, Sexuality and Migration in South Africa by Ingrid Palmary Pdf

This book analyzes the intersections of gender, sexuality and migration in the South African context. It takes the form of a series of empirically-informed reflections on the ways that these issues have come together, and analyses the place that South Africa holds in increasingly global, and globally constrained, discourses around migration. This means that it is not just about gendered movement, or abuses faced by sexual minorities; it is about the ways in which gendered notions, which may or may not map onto different bodies, function in conversations on migration. The author challenges assumptions about what and who migrants are and the nature of their genders and sexualities, which have circumscribed the fierce debates about migration that are currently raging in the country. This does not mean, however, that it this is simply a book about South Africa. Rather, the author argues that global and local imperatives are constantly being negotiated as South Africa goes through a period of socio-political transition. This thought-provoking work will appeal to students and scholars of migration studies, gender studies and race studies, as well as disciplines such as sociology, psychology and political studies.

Author : Ashley Currier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108427890

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Politicizing Sex in Contemporary Africa by Ashley Currier Pdf

This timely account of politicized homophobia contests portrayals of the African continent as hopelessly homophobic, highlighting how elites deploy it.

Author : Shireen Hassim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Feminism
ISBN : 0821421565

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The ANC Women's League by Shireen Hassim Pdf

First formed in the early twentieth century, the ANC Women's League has grown into a leading organization in the women's movement in South Africa. The league has been at the forefront of the nation's century-long transition from an authoritarian state to a democracy that espouses gender equality as a core constitutional value. It has, indeed, always regarded itself as the women's movement, frequently asserting its primacy as a vanguard organization and as the only legitimate voice of the women of South Africa. But, as this deeply insightful book shows, the history of the league is a more complicated affair--it was neither the only women's organization in the political field nor an easy ally for South African feminism.

Author : Shireen Hassim
Publisher : Jacana Media
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781431408856

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The ANC Women’s League: Sex, Politics and Gender by Shireen Hassim Pdf

The Women’s League has played a large but little understood role in the history of the ANC. Over the years it has been headed by some powerful women including Albertina Sisulu and Winnie Mandela and has often gained public and media attention. But what role has it actually played in black political life and what influence has it had on national and gender politics in the country? This book provides a revealing insight into the connections between gender, sex and politics in the history of South Africa.