Amphibious Subjects : Sasso and the Contested Politics of Queer Self-Making in Neoliberal Ghana / / Kwame Edwin Otu
| Amphibious Subjects : Sasso and the Contested Politics of Queer Self-Making in Neoliberal Ghana / / Kwame Edwin Otu |
| Autore | Otu Kwame Edwin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of California Press, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.7609667 |
| Collana | New Sexual Worlds |
| Soggetto topico |
Effeminacy - Ghana - Accra
Gender identity - Ghana - Accra Homosexuality - Ghana - Accra Human rights - Anthropological aspects - Ghana - Accra Sexual minorities - Ghana - Accra Sexual minority community - Ghana - Accra SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
| Soggetto non controllato |
sasso
ethnography men |
| ISBN | 0-520-38186-6 |
| Classificazione | SOC002010SOC064010 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introducing Amphibious Subjects -- Part One Setting the Scenes -- 1. Situating Sasso: Mapping Effeminate Subjectivities and Homoerotic Desire in Postcolonial Ghana -- 2. Contesting Homogeneity: Sasso Complexity in the Face of Neoliberal LGBT+ Politics -- Part Two Amphibious Subjects in Rival Geographies -- 3. Amphibious Subjectivity: Queer Self-Making at the Intersection of Colliding Modernities in Neoliberal Ghana -- 4. The Paradox of Rituals: Queer Possibilities in Heteronormative Scenes -- Part Three. Becoming and Unbecoming Amphibious Subjects in Hetero/Homo Colonial Vortices -- 5. Palimpsestic Projects: Heterocolonial Missions in Post-Independent Ghana (1965–1975) -- 6. Queer Liberal Expeditions: The BBC’s The World’s Worst Place to Be Gay? and the Paradoxes of Homocolonialism -- Conclusion: Queering Queer Africa? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996483169603316 |
Otu Kwame Edwin
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| University of California Press, 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Amphibious Subjects : Sasso and the Contested Politics of Queer Self-Making in Neoliberal Ghana / / Kwame Edwin Otu
| Amphibious Subjects : Sasso and the Contested Politics of Queer Self-Making in Neoliberal Ghana / / Kwame Edwin Otu |
| Autore | Otu Kwame Edwin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University of California Press, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.7609667 |
| Collana | New Sexual Worlds |
| Soggetto topico |
Effeminacy - Ghana - Accra
Gender identity - Ghana - Accra Homosexuality - Ghana - Accra Human rights - Anthropological aspects - Ghana - Accra Sexual minorities - Ghana - Accra Sexual minority community - Ghana - Accra SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social African LGBTQ+ people |
| ISBN |
9780520381865
0520381866 |
| Classificazione | SOC002010SOC064010 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introducing Amphibious Subjects -- Part One Setting the Scenes -- 1. Situating Sasso: Mapping Effeminate Subjectivities and Homoerotic Desire in Postcolonial Ghana -- 2. Contesting Homogeneity: Sasso Complexity in the Face of Neoliberal LGBT+ Politics -- Part Two Amphibious Subjects in Rival Geographies -- 3. Amphibious Subjectivity: Queer Self-Making at the Intersection of Colliding Modernities in Neoliberal Ghana -- 4. The Paradox of Rituals: Queer Possibilities in Heteronormative Scenes -- Part Three. Becoming and Unbecoming Amphibious Subjects in Hetero/Homo Colonial Vortices -- 5. Palimpsestic Projects: Heterocolonial Missions in Post-Independent Ghana (1965–1975) -- 6. Queer Liberal Expeditions: The BBC’s The World’s Worst Place to Be Gay? and the Paradoxes of Homocolonialism -- Conclusion: Queering Queer Africa? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910583597303321 |
Otu Kwame Edwin
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| University of California Press, 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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