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ALT 36: Queer Theory in Film & Fiction - African Literature Today (Paperback)
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ALT 36: Queer Theory in Film & Fiction - African Literature Today (Paperback)
Series: African Literature Today
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PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY ALT 36 turns a "queer eye" on
Africa, offering provocative (re-)readings of texts to position
formerly erased sexualities and contemporary sexual expression
among Africans on the continent, and abroad. Debates on the future
of the African continent and the role of gender identities in these
visions are increasingly present in literary criticism forums as
African writers become bolder in exploring the challenges they face
and celebrating gender diversity in the writing of short stories,
novels, poetry, plays and films. Controversies over the rights of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Queer (LGBTIQ) communities
in Africa, as elsewhere, continue inthe context of criminalization
and/or intimidation of these groups. Residual colonial moralizing
and contemporary western identity norms and politics vie with
longstanding polyvalent indigenous sexual expression. In addition
to traditional media, the new social media have gained importance,
both as sources of information exchange and as sites of virtual
construction of gender identities. As with many such contentious
issues, the variety of responses to the"state of the question" is
strikingly visible across the continent. In this issue of ALT,
guest editor John Hawley has sampled the ongoing conversations, in
both African writing and in the analysis of contemporary African
cinema,to show how queer studies can break with old concepts and
theories and point the way to new gender perspectives on literary
and cinematic output. This volume also includes a non-themed
section of Featured Articles anda Literary Supplement. Guest
Editor: John C. Hawley is Professor in the Department of English,
Santa Clara University Series Editor: Ernest N. Emenyonu is
Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint,
USA. Reviews Editor: Obi Nwakanma
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