02994nam 2200673 a 450 991081142920332120200520144314.00-8214-4298-8(CKB)1000000000793239(EBL)1743696(OCoLC)884016858(SSID)ssj0000280239(PQKBManifestationID)11210813(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280239(PQKBWorkID)10290280(PQKB)10914511(MiAaPQ)EBC1743696(OCoLC)636888503(MdBmJHUP)muse9463(Au-PeEL)EBL1743696(CaPaEBR)ebr10276633(EXLCZ)99100000000079323920080304d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHeterosexual Africa? the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS /Marc Epprecht1st ed.Athens Ohio University Press ;Scottsville, South Africa University of KwaZulu-Natal Press20081 online resource (246 p.)New African histories seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-1799-1 0-8214-1798-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-218) and index.A puzzling blindspot, a troubling silence, a strange consensus: reflections on the heterosexual norm in "African AIDS" -- The ethnography of African straightness -- Ethnopsychiatry and the making of gay shaka -- Slim disease and the science of silence -- Alternatives and ambiguities : African voices in literature and film.Heterosexual Africa? The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS builds from Marc Epprecht's previous book, Hungochani (which focuses explicitly on same-sex desire in southern Africa), to explore the historical processes by which a singular, heterosexual identity for Africa was constructed-by anthropologists, ethnopsychologists, colonial officials, African elites, and most recently, health care workers seeking to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This is an eloquently written, accessible book, based on a rich and diverse range of sources, that will find enthusiastic audNew African histories series.HomosexualityAfricaHistoryGaysAfricaHistoryAIDS (Disease)AfricaHIV infectionsAfricaAfricaSocial life and customsAfricaPolitics and governmentHomosexualityHistory.GaysHistory.AIDS (Disease)HIV infections306.76/60967Epprecht Marc698074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811429203321Heterosexual Africa1373416UNINA