Heterosexual Africa? - The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS

Informationen zum Autor Marc Epprecht is associate professor in the departments of history and global development studies at Queen's University. He is the 2006 winner of the Canadian Association of African Studies Joel Gregory Prize for his book Hungochani: The History of a Dissident Sexuality in Southern Africa. Klappentext "Heterosexual Africa? The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS" builds from Marc Epprecht's previous book! "Hungochani" (which focuses expli citly on same-sex desire in southern Africa) to explore the historical processes by which a singular! heterosexual identity for Africa was constructed--by anthropologists! ethnopsychologists! colonial officials! African elites! and most recently! health care workers seeking to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This is an eloquently written! accessible book! based on a rich and diverse range of sources! that will find enthusiastic audiences in classrooms and in the general public. Zusammenfassung Focuses on a rich and diverse range of sources, that can find enthusiastic audiences in classrooms and in the general public. This book traces the many routes by which this singularity, this heteronormativity, became a dominant culture.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Epprecht
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2008
• EAN: 9780821417980
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1798-0
• No. of pages: 231
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: New African Histories; New African Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous