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Sexual diversity in Africa : politics, theory, and citizenship / edited by S.N. Nyeck and Marc Epprecht.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nyeck, S.N., Author.
Contributor:
Epprecht, Marc, editor of compilation.
Nyeck, S. N., 1977- editor of compilation.
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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