Boy-Wives and Female Husbands - Studies in African Homosexualities

A significant contribution to anthropology, history, and gender studies that reveals the denials of homosexuality in traditional and contemporary African societies to be rooted in colonialist ideologies.

About the author

Stephen O. Murray (1950-2019) was an independent scholar who held a PhD in Sociology from the University of Toronto. Will Roscoe is an independent scholar, with a PhD in History of Consciousness from the University of California, Santa Cruz. They are the coeditors of Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen O. Roscoe Murray
• Assisted by: Stephen O. Murray (Editor), Murray Stephen O. (Editor), Will Roscoe (Editor), Roscoe Will (Editor), Epprecht Marc (Foreword)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2021
• EAN: 9781438484099
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8409-9
• No. of pages: 374
• Series: SUNY Press Open Access
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Gay & Lesbian studies, African History, Of specific Gay interest, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies, Relating to gay people, HISTORY / LGBTQ+, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics