LEADER 03009nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910778212403321 005 20231211171335.0 010 $a0-8214-4298-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000793239 035 $a(EBL)1743696 035 $a(OCoLC)884016858 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000280239 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11210813 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280239 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10290280 035 $a(PQKB)10914511 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743696 035 $a(OCoLC)636888503 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9463 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743696 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10276633 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000793239 100 $a20080304d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHeterosexual Africa?$b[electronic resource] $ethe history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS /$fMarc Epprecht 210 $aAthens $cOhio University Press ;$aScottsville, South Africa $cUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 225 1 $aNew African histories series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8214-1799-1 311 $a0-8214-1798-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-218) and index. 327 $aA 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. 330 $aHeterosexual Africa? The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS builds from Marc Epprecht's previous book, Hungochani (which focuses explicitly on same-sex desire in southern Africa), to explore the historical processes by which a singular, heterosexual identity for Africa was constructed-by anthropologists, ethnopsychologists, colonial officials, African elites, and most recently, health care workers seeking to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This is an eloquently written, accessible book, based on a rich and diverse range of sources, that will find enthusiastic aud 410 0$aNew African histories series. 606 $aHomosexuality$zAfrica$xHistory 606 $aGay people$zAfrica$xHistory 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$zAfrica 606 $aHIV infections$zAfrica 607 $aAfrica$xSocial life and customs 607 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 615 0$aHomosexuality$xHistory. 615 0$aGay people$xHistory. 615 0$aAIDS (Disease) 615 0$aHIV infections 676 $a306.76/60967 700 $aEpprecht$b Marc$0698074 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778212403321 996 $aHeterosexual Africa$91373416 997 $aUNINA