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Imperialism within the Margins : Queer Representation and the Politics of Culture in Southern Africa / by W. Spurlin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spurlin, William J., 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex.
- Ethnology--Africa.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Sociology.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--History.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Imperialism.
- Social sciences.
- Humanities.
- Gender Studies.
- African Culture.
- History of Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Africa, Southern--Social life and customs.
- Africa, Southern.
- Africa, Southern--Politics and government.
- Local Subjects:
- Gender Studies.
- African Culture.
- Sociology.
- History of Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (IX, 182 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through focusing on the sexual politics that have emerged out of post-apartheid South Africa, Spurlin investigates textual and cultural representations of same-sex desire outside of the Euroamerican axes of queer culture and politics, and considers the ways in which queer cultural productions in southern Africa both intersect with and resist these.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Broadening Postcolonial Studies, Decolonizing Queer Studies: Disciplinary Transitions and Social Change in the "New" South Africa
- 2 Reclaiming Insurgent Sexualities: Migrant Labor and Same-Sex Marriages on the South African Gold Mines
- 3 Affective Bonds between Women in Lesotho: Retheorizing Gender, Sexuality, and Lesbian Existence
- 4 Nationalism, Homophobia, and the Politics of "New" South African Nationhood
- 5 Sexual/Cultural Hybridity in the "New" South Africa: Emergent Sites of New Transnational Queer Politics
- 6 Transforming Theory/Transforming Borders: Postcolonial Queer Inquiry and/as a Politics of Decolonization
- Notes
- References
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-173) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611365868
- 9781281365866
- 1281365866
- 9781403983664
- 1403983666
- OCLC:
- 560458991
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