Research on Gender and Sexualities in Africa / Jane Bennett, Sylvia Tamale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bennett, Jane, Editor.

Tamale, Sylvia, Editor.

Series:

Codesria book series.

CODESRIA Book Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Dakar : CODESRIA, 2017.

Summary:

This collection comprises a diverse and stimulating collection of essays on questions of gender and sexualities, crafted by both established and younger researchers. The collection includes fascinating insights into topics as varied as the popularity of thong underwear in urban Kenya, the complexity of Tanzanian youth's negotiation of HIV-cultures, the dialogues between religion and controversial questions in sexualities activism, and the meaning of living as a Zimbabwean girl, who became HIV-positive because her mother had no access to antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy. Some pieces deepen contemporary debates, others initiate new questions. The collection seeks to sustain and invigorate research, policy-making and continentally-focused thought on difficult, yet compelling, realities.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Preface

Contributors

1. 'Fashionable Strategies': Travels in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Sexualities Research 'in the West'?

Contemporary Writing on Gender and Sexualities Within African Contexts

Bringing it Home

Conclusion

Notes

References

2. Exploring the Contours of African Sexualities: Religion, Law and Power

Introduction: Linking Religion, Culture, Law and Sexuality

Law, Culture and Religion Viewed through the Lens of Power

The Sexual Citizen: Between Desire and the Law

Out of the Margins: Challenging Structures of Sexual Oppression

Conclusion: African Religion and Sexualities - Toward a Sociolegal Reconstruction

3. The Power of Pleasure: Re-conceptualising Sexualities

Framing Alternative Approaches to Analysis of Female Sexualities

Epistemic Ruptures in Thinking about Gender

Female Initiation Rituals in Northern Mozambique

Preparations of the Erotic Body

Body Tattoos/Scarifications

Hip Belts of Glass Beads - Missangas

Elongated Labia

Labia Elongation, Sexual Self-confidence and Categorisations

Erotic Movements

4. Rethinking Sex and Secrecy in Precolonial African History: A Focus on Kenya

Introduction

Theorising Sex and Secrecy

Kenya and 'Sexuality' under Colonial Anthropology

5. The 'G-String' as a Space for Sexual and Political Imagination: Rethinking Discourses of Youth, Power and Globalisation in Kenya

The Voice of the 'G-String' as 'African Clothing'

6. 'Daddy, Today we have a Match! 'Women's Agentic Strategies in Initiating Sexual Intercourse in an Urban Ghanaian Community

Methodology

Data Analysis

Results

Discussion

References.

7. Construction of Social Identity in the Erotic Juju Song-poetry of Saint Janet

Reflections on Erotic Music

Strategies of Representation of Identity and Sexual Diversity

Agency and the Contradiction of the Yoruba Society

Nigerian Newspapers

8. Language, Sex and Power Relations: An Analysis of Shona Sexual Expressions

Approach to the Study

Uncovering the Connections between Shona Language

Bibliography

9. Feminism: How Women in Uganda are Shaping the Way we Think about Sex and Politics

Framing the Debate

Research Methods

Women, Sex and Politics in Uganda

Emplacing Trends in Historical Perspective

Feminist Achievements into the Late 2000s

The Contemporary Spectrum - Resistance and Resignation

What the Women Say

10. HIV-Positive Women 'Virgins': The Complexities of Discourse on Issues of Sex and Sexuality in Zimbabwe

HIV-Positive Women Virgins and the Discourse of 'Othering'

Discourses on Sex and Sexuality in Zimbabwe: The Challenges

HIV-Positive Virgins, Sex and Sexuality: The Dilemma

Experiences, Dreams and Fears of the HIV-Positive Virgins

11. Sexual Health Promotion in Tanzania: Narratives on Young People's Intimate Relationships

Introduction: The Sexual 'Behaviour' of Youths

Sexual Behaviour Change and Health Promotion Approaches

Sexual Behaviour Change and Health Promotion in the 'Developing' World: The ABC Approach

Research Methods for Studying Sexual 'Behaviour'

The Narrative Study of Sexual 'Behaviour'

Methodological and Contextual Issues

Conclusions and Ways Forward

Acknowledgements

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9782869787353

2869787359

OCLC:

1001308917