1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452016703321

Titolo

Tommy boys, lesbian men and ancestral wives [[electronic resource] ] : female same-sex practices in Africa / / Ruth Morgan and Saskia Wieringa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Johannesburg, : Jacana Media, 2005

ISBN

1-4314-0404-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MorganRuth

WieringaSaskia <1950->

Disciplina

306.76/63096

Soggetti

Lesbianism - Africa

Lesbianism - Africa - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprinted in 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-329) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Dedication; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; The Authors; Introduction - Ruth Morgan and Saskia Wieringa; Chapter 1 'I want to marry the woman of my choice without fear of being stoned': female marriages and bisexual women in Kenya - Nancy Baraka with Ruth Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25; 2 'Immoral and Satanic': loving secretly in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 3 'Some say I am hermaphrodite just because I put on trousers': lesbians and tommy boys in Kampala, Uganda

4 'I don't force my feelings for other women, my feelings have to force me': same-sexuality amongst Ovambo women in Namibia5 'I am a pet goat, I will not be slaughtered': female masculinity and femme strength amongst the Damara in Namibia; 6 'My attitude is manly ... a girl needs to walk on the aisle': butch-femme subculture in Johannesburg, South Africa; 7 'This has happened since ancient times ... it's something you are born with': ancestral wives amongst same-sex sangomas in South Africa; 8 'I'm the black sheep of my family...': same-sexuality in the corners of Swaziland

9 Women marriages and other same-sex practices: historical reflections on African women's same-sex relations10 Present-day same-sex practices in Africa: conclusions from the African Women's Life Story



Project; Endnotes & References; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

A vivid portrait of homosexual African women, this collection of essays examines and celebrates same-sex practices while acknowledging their taboo status in many African cultures. From Uganda to Namibia, governmental homophobia and female strength are among the thoroughly discussed issues.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996395971503316

Autore

Fairfax Thomas Fairfax, Baron, <1612-1671.>

Titolo

A perfect relation of all the proceedings betwixt his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax, and his Highnesse Prince Rupert [[electronic resource] ] : About the delivery up of the city, castle, and all the forts in and about Bristoll. The severall summons letters and propositions on both sides, with the answers thereunto, before his Excellencies storming. And the articles agreed unto by the commissioners of both parties, of the surrender of the city, castle, forts, ordnance, armes, ammunition, &c. since the said storming. Read in the House of Peeres, on Friday the 12th. of September 1645. Published by authority

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for John Wright at the signe of the Kings-head in the Old baily, Sept. 13. 1645

Descrizione fisica

[2], 14 p

Altri autori (Persone)

Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine,  <1619-1682.>

Soggetti

Bristol (England) History Siege, 1643 Early works to 1800

Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also published in part as: 'A true relation of the storming of Bristoll'.

Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0055



3.

Record Nr.

UNICASVIA0099840

Titolo

Guida breve generale ai musei e alle gallerie di pittura del Vaticano, del Laterano e della Biblioteca vaticana / [S.n.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Citta del Vaticano, : [s.n.], 1948

Descrizione fisica

271 p. ; 45 p. di tav., 16 piante 12 figure : ill. ; 18 cm

Collana

Monumenti, musei e gallerie pontificie

Disciplina

027.545634

069.0945634

708.0945634

Soggetti

Città del Vaticano - Biblioteca apostolica vaticana - Guide

Città del Vaticano - Musei - Guide

Città del Vaticano - Gallerie d'arte - Guide

Roma - Musei Vaticani - Guide

Roma - Museo lateranense - Guide

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia