Bibliograph

Heterosexual Africa?, the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS, Marc Epprecht

Type

Label

Heterosexual Africa?, the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS, Marc Epprecht

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-218) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Heterosexual Africa?

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

192056185

Responsibility statement

Marc Epprecht

Series statement

New African histories series

Sub title

the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS

Summary

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 explicitly on same-sex desire in southern Africa), to explore the historical processes by which a singular, heterosexual identity for Africa was constructed<U+0127> 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. Epprecht argues that Africans, just like people all over the world, have always had a range of sexualities and sexual identities. Over the course of the last two centuries, however, African societies south of the Sahara have come to be viewed as singularly heterosexual. Epprecht carefully traces the many routes by which this singularity, this heteronormativity, became a dominant culture. In telling a fascinating story that will surely generate lively debate, Epprecht makes his project speak to a range of literatures<U+0127> queer theory, the new imperial history, African social history, queer and women's studies, and biomedical literature on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. He does this with a light enough hand that his story is not bogged down by endless references to particular debates --, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

A puzzling blindspot, a troubling silence, a strange consensus: reflections on the heterosexual norm in "African AIDS" -- The ethnography of African straightness -- Ethnopsychiatry and the making of gay Shaka -- Slim disease and the science of silence -- Alternatives and ambiguities : African voices in literature and film

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