African Intimacies: Race, Homosexuality, and Globalization
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (714 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816649162 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Speculating on cultural practices interpreted by missionaries as sodomy and resistance to colonialism, Neville Hoad begins by analyzing the 1886 Bugandan martyrs incident—the execution of thirty men in the royal court. African Intimacies simultaneously responds to the public debate on the “Africanness” of homosexuality and interrogates the meaningfulness of the terms “sexuality” and “homosexuality” outside Euro-American discourse. Then, in a series of close readings, he addresses questions of race, sex, and globalization in the 1965 Wole Soyinka novel The Interpreters, examines the emblematic 1998 Lambeth conference of Anglican bishops, considers the imperial legacy in depictions of the HIV/AIDS crisis, and reveals how South African writer Phaswane Mpe’s contemporary novel Welcome to Our Hillbrow problematizes notions of African
An important intervention in global sexuality studies Wendy L Belcher Written by the leading figure in African queer literary studies. Among its contributions are making an important strike for not painting modern African intimacies with the same brush strokes as those used for other times and places.. Five Stars Ryen Lapointe It's perfect Thanks!