sexual politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Wieringa, Saskia > (ed.)
- Creator
- Sivori, Horacio > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Masvawure, Tsitsi B.
- Publish Year
- 2013
- Shelfmark
- WER 3 2013 - B
- Thesaurus
- seksualiteit, pornografie, LHBT, homoseksualiteit, lesbische vrouwen, prostitutie, aids, criminaliteit, vrouwengevangenissen, Afrika, Azië, Latijns-Amerika, bundel
- Description
- This book explores the gap between sexuality studies and postcolonial, cultural critique. Featuring twelve case studies, based on original historical and ethnographic research from countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the book examines the sexual investments underlying the colonial project and the construction of modern nation-states.The book Covers issues of heteronormativity, postcolonial amnesia regarding non-normative sexualities, women's sexual agency, the policing of the boundaries between the public and the private realm, sexual citizenship, the connections between LGBTQ activism and processes of state formation.