Out in Africa : LGBT organizing in Namibia and South Africa / Ashley Currier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Currier, Ashley.

Series:

Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 38.

Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--South Africa--Social conditions.

Gay people.

Gay people--Namibia--Social conditions.

Gay people--Political activity--South Africa.

Gay people--Political activity--Namibia.

Gay activists--South Africa.

Gay activists.

Gay activists--Namibia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 255 p.).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Visibility matters to activists - to their social and political relevance, their credibility, their influence. But invisibility matters, too, in times of political hostility or internal crisis. This book examines how Namibian and South African lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organisations have cultivated visibility and invisibility as strategies over time. As such, it reveals the complexities of the LGBT movements in both countries as these organisations use Western terminology and notions of identity to gain funding even as they work to counter a perception that they are 'un-African'.

Contents:

Introduction: how visibility matters

The rise of LGBT organizing in Namibia and South Africa

"This lesbian issue": navigating public visibility as lesbian movement organizations

Disappearing acts: organizational invisibility in times of opportunity

Homosexuality is African: struggles "to be seen"

Conclusion: why visibility matters.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4819-4

0-8166-8248-8

OCLC:

857365205