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Out in Africa: LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa

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Description for Out in Africa: LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa Paperback. Series: Social Movements, Protest and Contention. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1HFMN; 1HFMS; JFSK; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.

Visibility matters to activists—to their social and political relevance, their credibility, their influence. But invisibility matters, too, in times of political hostility or internal crisis. Out in Africa is the first to present an intimate look at how Namibian and South African lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations have cultivated visibility and invisibility as strategies over time. As such, it reveals the complexities of the LGBT movements in both countries as these organizations make use of Western terminology and notions of identity to gain funding even as they work to counter the perception that they are “un-African.”

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As it tells the story of the evolving political landscape in postapartheid Namibia and South Africa, Out in Africa situates these countries’ movements in relation to developments in pan-African LGBT organizing and offers broader insights into visibility as a social movement strategy rather than simply as a static accomplishment or outcome of political organizing.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Social Movements, Protest and Contention
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816678013
SKU
V9780816678013
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About Ashley Currier
Ashley Currier is assistant professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Cincinnati.

Reviews for Out in Africa: LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa
"Out in Africa is an extremely important book. Ashley Currier broadly addresses factors influencing mobilization of LGBT movements within sub-Saharan Africa at the local, national, and international level.  She further extends existing literature on social movements, identity, and development by examining the prospects of mobilization among disadvantaged groups within newly democratized developing countries." —Kathleen Fallon, author of Democracy and the Rise ... Read more

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