Heterosexual Africa? - The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS (Hardcover, Enterprise)

Honorable Mention by the David Easton Award Committee APSA Finalist for the 2009 Herskovits Award for outstanding scholarly work published on Africa 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. 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. A fascinating story that will surely generate lively debate Epprecht makes his project speak to a range of literatures-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. Heterosexual Africa? aims to understand an enduring stereotype about Africa and Africans. It asks how Africa came to be defined as a "homosexual-free zone" during the colonial era, and how this idea not only survived the transition to independence but flourished under conditions of globalization and early panicky responses to HIV/AIDS.

General

Imprint:	Ohio University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New African Histories
Release date:	August 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Marc Epprecht
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	Enterprise
ISBN-13:	978-0-8214-1798-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General Books > History > African history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8214-1798-3
Barcode:	9780821417980

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