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Sexual diversity in Africa : politics, theory, and citizenship / edited by S.N. Nyeck and Marc Epprecht.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nyeck, S.N., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sexual minorities--Africa.
- Sexual minorities.
- Sex--Africa.
- Sex.
- Gender identity--Africa.
- Gender identity.
- Queer theory--Africa.
- Queer theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 pages)
- Distribution:
- Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- Montréal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comprehensive analysis of sexual diversity in Africa from a multidisciplinary perspective.
- Contents:
- Part One : Framing the Debates. Human Rights Challenge in Africa: Sexual Minority Rights and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights / Olajide Akanji and Marc Epprecht
- No Place Like Home: African Refugees and the Emergence of a New Queer Frame of Reference / Notisha Massaquoi
- The Making of "African Sexuality": Early Sources, Current Debates / Marc Epprecht
- Rhetorical Analysis of President Jammeh's Threats to Behead Homosexuals in the Gambia / Stella Nyanzi
- Part Two : South Africa. Military Mutilation: The Aversion Program in the South African Defence Force in the Apartheid / Era Vasu Reddy, Lisa Wiebesiek, and Crystal Munthree
- Constructing the "Ex-Gay" Subject: Cultural Convergences in Post-Apartheid South Africa / Melissa Hackman
- The (Mis)Treatment of South African Track Star Caster / 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 / S.N. Nyeck
- "The One Who First Says I Love You": Love, Seniority, and Relational Gender in Postcolonial Ghana / Serena Owusua Dankwa
- LGBTI Community and Citizenship Practices in Urban Ghana / Kathleen O'Mara
- Male Homosexuality in Bamako: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Historical Comparative Perspective / Christophe Broqua
- The Politics of Sexual Diversity: An Afterword / Sylvia Tamale.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-283) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-8975-9
- OCLC:
- 865475030
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