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Heterosexual Africa? [[electronic resource] ] : the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS / / Marc Epprecht



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Autore: Epprecht Marc Visualizza persona
Titolo: Heterosexual Africa? [[electronic resource] ] : the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS / / Marc Epprecht Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press
Scottsville, South Africa, : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
Disciplina: 306.76/60967
Soggetto topico: Homosexuality - Africa - History
Gays - Africa - History
AIDS (Disease) - Africa
HIV infections - Africa
Soggetto geografico: Africa Social life and customs
Africa Politics and government
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-218) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 aud
Titolo autorizzato: Heterosexual Africa  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8214-4298-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455122703321
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Serie: New African histories series.