Defiant Desire - Gay And Lesbian Lives In South Africa (Paperback)

"Defiant Desire" records the lives of lesbian and gay South Africans of all races, lived in the face of censure, denial and oppression, from a drag salon in Woodstock to a gay "shebeen" in kwaThema; from a church in a Pretoria nightclub to Johannesburg's lesbian and gay pride march; and from Afrikaans love poetry to the new activism. "Defiant Desire" brings together South Africa's most prominent gay and lesbian writers, activists and academics. The contributors set out to refute beliefs that homosexuality is a white, male or middle-class phenomenon. Their writing makes clear and vibrant the relationship between a growing lesbian and gay rights movement and the broader anti-apartheid struggle in a time of transition and upheaval South Africa, and challenges its people to build a new society that respects and cherishes all of its citizens. "Defiant Desire" is an articulate testimony to the range of gay and lesbian experiences in South Africa. It is both a document of lesbian and gay struggle, and an indispensable book for those interested in the sexual politics coursing beneath the country's troubled passage to democracy.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	1995
First published:	1995
Editors:	Edwin Cameron • Mark Gevisser
Dimensions:	229 x 154 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	376
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-91061-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > Lesbian studies
LSN:	0-415-91061-7
Barcode:	9780415910613

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