In postapartheid Cape Town-Africa's gay capital-many Pentecostal
men turned to "ex-gay" ministries in hopes of "curing" their
homosexuality in order to conform to conservative Christian values
and African social norms. In Desire Work Melissa Hackman traces the
experiences of predominantly white ex-gay men as they attempt to
forge a heterosexual masculinity and enter into heterosexual
marriage through emotional, bodily, and religious work. These men
subjected themselves to daily self-surveillance and followed
prescribed behaviors such as changing how they talked and walked.
Ex-gay men also saw themselves as participating in the redemption
of the nation, because South African society was perceived as
suffering from a crisis of masculinity in which the country lacked
enough moral heterosexual men. By tying the experience of ex-gay
men to the convergence of social movements and public debates
surrounding race, violence, religion, and masculinity in South
Africa, Hackman offers insights into the construction of personal
identities in the context of sexuality and spirituality.
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