Title Imperialism within the margins : queer representation and the politics of culture in southern Africa / William J. Spurlin

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 182 pages) Contents Broadening Postcolonial Studies, Decolonising Queer Studies: Disciplinary Transitions and Social Change in the New South Africa -- Reclaiming Insurgent Sexualities: Migrant Labor and Same-Sex Marriages on the South African Gold Mines -- Affective Bonds Between Women in Lesotho: Retheorizing Gender, Sexuality, and Lesbian Existence -- Nationalism, Homophobia, and the Politics of New South African Nationhood -- Sexual/Cultural Hybridity in the New South Africa: Emergent Sites of New Transnational Queer Politics -- Transforming Theory/Transforming Borders: Postcolonial Queer Enquiry and/as a Politics of Decolonisation Summary Through focusing on the sexual politics that have emerged out of post-apartheid South Africa, Spurlin investigates textual and cultural representations of same-sex desire outside of the Euroamerican axes of queer culture and politics, and considers the ways in which queer cultural productions in southern Africa do not merely intersect with western queer identity politics and cultural representations but also resist them. Imperialism Within the Margins therefore provides an engaged and much-needed critique of the long-present heterosexist biases of postcolonial studies and the western biases of academic queer theory Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Homosexuality -- Africa, Southern Gay people -- Political activity -- Africa, Southern Same-sex marriage -- Africa, Southern Gay people in popular culture -- Africa, Southern Manners and customs. Homosexuality, Male Cultural Characteristics Public Policy customs (social concepts) Interdisciplinary studies. Gender studies, gender groups. Gay & Lesbian studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies. General. Gays in popular culture Gays -- Political activity Homosexuality Manners and customs Politics and government Same-sex marriage SUBJECT Africa, Southern -- Social life and customs Africa, Southern -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001663 Africa, Southern. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001653 Africa, Southern Subject Southern Africa Form Electronic book ISBN 9781403983664 1403983666 1281365866 9781281365866 9786611365868 6611365869

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