Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures & Cultures
Chantal Zabus
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Hardback. Homophobia is still rife and it remains dangerous and even life-threatening to be out in Africa, but Chantal Zabus here traces the range of representations of same-sex desire in Africa through historic and contemporary sources. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
Homosexuality was and still is thought to be quintessentially 'un-African'. Yet in this book Chantal Zabus examines the anthropological, cultural and literary representations of male and female same-sex desire in a pan-African context from the nineteenth century to the present. Reaching back to early colonial contacts between Europe and Africa, and covering a broad geographical spectrum, along a north-south axis from Mali to South Africa and an east-west axis from Senegal to Kenya, here is a comparative approach encompassing two colonial languages (English and French) and some African languages. Out in Africa charts developments in Sub-Saharan African texts ... Read more
Homosexuality was and still is thought to be quintessentially 'un-African'. Yet in this book Chantal Zabus examines the anthropological, cultural and literary representations of male and female same-sex desire in a pan-African context from the nineteenth century to the present. Reaching back to early colonial contacts between Europe and Africa, and covering a broad geographical spectrum, along a north-south axis from Mali to South Africa and an east-west axis from Senegal to Kenya, here is a comparative approach encompassing two colonial languages (English and French) and some African languages. Out in Africa charts developments in Sub-Saharan African texts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
707g
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847010827
SKU
V9781847010827
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Reviews for Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures & Cultures
The book is a treasure trove of resources, bringing into view the scale and variety of the field of queer African studies and setting out a series of interesting discursive formations. RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES The range of Zabus's reading is awesome, her analysis of the literature is illuminating and her building of the ... Read more