Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: Milton, : Routledge, 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.896073
• Soggetto topico: Queer theory - Africa; Homosexuality - Africa; Teoria queer; Homosexualitat
• Soggetto geografico: Àfrica
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Altri autori: NyeckS. N. <1977->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of acronyms; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Notes; PART I: Perspectives on care; Plum Leaves; Gloves; 1. Traditional African systems of land ownership and their impact on lesbian women; Notes; 2. Queering love: Sex, care, capital, and academic prejudices; Introduction; On the production of knowledge about sexuality in Africa; The economy of love; Violet's story; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3. Women who love women: Negotiation of African traditions and kinship; Introduction; Ubuntu as capital ; Township lesbians navigate customary marriage and kinshipThe infra-politics and cultural labor of sexuality -- black township lesbian women; Conclusion; Notes; References; 4. Queer African studies and directions in methodology; Introduction; Methodological debates in Euro-American queer studies; Our own (queer) methodology; Destabilizing discourses and categories; Postcolonial approaches in queer African studies: Archive and resistance; Transnational queer analysis of African societies; Conclusion; References; PART II: Perspectives on participation; Where Men Dwell; ơ Cup Ground Cumin ; 5. LGBTIQ political participation in South Africa: The rights, the real, and the representationIntroduction; LGBTIQ human rights in South Africa; The Triangle Project and Victory Institute research study; South Africa's political landscape since 1994; The study: Findings and recommendations; The survey; Civil society findings; Best practices for using invited spaces; Best practices for using invented spaces; Political party findings; Best practice for political parties; Conclusion; References; 6. Are you a footballer? The radical potential of women's football at the national level ; IntroductionWomen's football in Africa; The African women's cup of nations; Nationalism and decolonial struggle: Whither women's sports?; How sportswomen have come to be national representatives; Ghana national women's football teams: Acontradictory formation; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7. The quest for belonging among male sex workers and hustlers in Nairobi; Introduction; Providing to belong; Being a husband and lover; Being a son; Being friends; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; PART III: Perspectives on morality and ethics; Holy Functions; Marked Bodies ; 8. Can black queer feminists believe in God? An exploration of feminism, sexuality, and the spiritualReferences; 9. Leaky anuses, loose vaginas, and large penises: A hierarchy of sexualized bodies in the Pentecostal imaginary; Introduction; Pampers as markers, metaphors, and heuristics of penetrability; Leaky anuses; Loose vaginas; Large penises; An unhappy ending; Notes; References; 10. Moral agency and the paradox of positionality: Disruptive bodies and queer resistance in Senegalese women's soccer; Introduction; Context; Methodology; Theoretical framework; Findings; Conclusion
• Sommario/riassunto: This handbook offers diverse perspectives on queer Africa, incorporating scholarly contributions on themes that reflect and inflect the trajectories of queer contributions to African studies within and outside academia. The Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies incorporates a range of unique perspectives, reflecting ongoing struggles between regimes of inclusion and those of transformation premised upon different relational and reflexive engagements between queer embodiment and Africa's subjectivities. All sections of this handbook blend contributions from public intellectuals and practitioners with academic reflections on topics not limited to neoliberalism, social care, morality and ethics, social education, and technology, through the lens of queer African studies. The book renders visible the ongoing transformations and resistance within African societies as well as the inventiveness of queer presence in negotiating belonging. This handbook will be of interest to students and scholars of gender and sexuality in Africa, queer studies, and African culture and society.
• Titolo autorizzato: Routledge Handbook of Queer African Studies
• ISBN: 1-351-14194-5; 1-351-14196-1; 1-351-14195-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795388303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge handbooks.