The cultural politics of female sexuality in South Africa / Henriette Gunkel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunkel, Henriette.

Series:

Routledge research in gender and society ; 25.

Routledge research in gender and society ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbianism--South Africa.

Lesbianism.

Women--Sexual behavior--South Africa.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 "Homosexuality is Un-African": Unfolding the Colonial Legacy within Post-Apartheid Homophobia; 2 Is Pink Really White in South Africa?: Reflections on Discourses of Homosexuality in the Post/Apartheid State; 3 Homosociality and the Technologies of Homophobia; 4 "I didn't think of it as lesbian": Mapping out Intimacy and Homo/Sociality; 5 Aftermath; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-14732-9

1-135-14733-7

1-282-97409-2

9786612974090

0-203-85603-1

9780203856031

OCLC:

536376678