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Autore |
Spurlin William J. <1954-> |
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Titolo |
Imperialism within the margins : queer representation and the politics of culture in southern Africa / / William J. Spurlin |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36586-6 |
9786611365868 |
1-4039-8366-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (IX, 182 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Homosexuality - Africa, Southern |
Gays - Africa, Southern - Political activity |
Same-sex marriage - Africa, Southern |
Gays in popular culture - Africa, Southern |
Africa, Southern Social life and customs |
Africa, Southern Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-173) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Broadening Postcolonial Studies, Decolonizing Queer Studies: Disciplinary Transitions and Social Change in the "New" South Africa -- 2 Reclaiming Insurgent Sexualities: Migrant Labor and Same-Sex Marriages on the South African Gold Mines -- 3 Affective Bonds between Women in Lesotho: Retheorizing Gender, Sexuality, and Lesbian Existence -- 4 Nationalism, Homophobia, and the Politics of "New" South African Nationhood -- 5 Sexual/Cultural Hybridity in the "New" South Africa: Emergent Sites of New Transnational Queer Politics -- 6 Transforming Theory/Transforming Borders: Postcolonial Queer Inquiry and/as a Politics of Decolonization -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Through focusing on the sexual politics that have emerged out of post-apartheid South Africa, Spurlin investigates textual and cultural representations of same-sex desire outside of the Euroamerican axes |
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