The Cultural Politics of Female Sexuality in South Africa (Routledge Research in Gender and Society)

Synopsis

Sexual identity has emerged into the national discourse of post-apartheid South Africa, bringing the subject of rights and the question of gender relations and cultural authenticity into the focus of the nation state’s politics. This book is a fascinating reflection on the effects of these discourses on non-normative modes of sexuality and intimacy and on the country more generally. While in 1996, South Africa became the first country in the world that explicitly incorporated lesbian and gay rights within a Bill of Rights, much of the country has continued to see homosexuality as un-African. Henriette Gunkel examines how colonialism and apartheid have historically shaped constructions of gender and sexuality and how these concepts have not only been re-introduced and shaped by understandings of homosexuality as un-African but also by the post-apartheid constitution and continued discourse within the nation.

Copyright:

2010

Book Details

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781135147327

Related ISBNs:

9780203856031, 9780415895552, 9780415895552, 9780415872690, 9780415872690

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/23/20

Copyrighted By:

Taylor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology

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