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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783799403321

Autore

Epprecht Marc

Titolo

Hungochani [[electronic resource] ] : the history of a dissident sexuality in southern Africa / / Marc Epprecht

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-86279-0

9786612862793

0-7735-7211-2

Edizione

[First edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Disciplina

306.76/620968

Soggetti

Homosexuality - Africa, Southern

Male homosexuality - Africa, Southern - History

Homosexualit - Afrique australe

Homosexualité masculine - Afrique australe - Histoire

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-306) and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Traditions" -- Cities -- Outlaws -- Towns -- Fear and loathing : settlers -- Fear and loathing : African transitions -- Contagion! -- Politics.

Sommario/riassunto

Homosexuality - or hungochani as it is known in Zimbabwe - has been denounced by many politicians and church leaders as an example of how Western decadence has corrupted African traditions. However, a bold new gay rights movement has emerged in several of the countries of the region since the 1980s, offering an exciting new dimension in the broad struggle for human rights and democracy unfolding on the continent.