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Moffies, stabanis and lesbos : the political construction of queer identities in southern Africa.

dc.contributor.authorReddy, Vasu.
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-07T08:26:26Z
dc.date.available2011-01-07T08:26:26Z
dc.date.created2005
dc.date.issued2005
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2005.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation focuses on discursive constructions of sexuality (in particular homosexuality). This study is not a social history, nor does it explain and motivate the existence of homosexuality. Rather, the project explores the regulatory public discourses of homosexuality in Southern Africa in relation to historical events and archived texts. (Southern embraces primarily South Africa although one chapter foregrounds neighbouring African countries in the Southern region). Applying recent studies in queer theory to a number of events, issues and sources, I formulate a critical methodology that demonstrates the political construction of homosexuality. I argue that the emergence of political queer identity has its roots in the apartheid State, and show how these identities are politically grounded (and indeed) reinforced In the post-apartheid project. The study conceives homosexuality as a 'queer identity' that resists and subverts heteronormativity.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/2063
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectHomosexuality--Africa, Southern--Public opinion.en_US
dc.subjectHomosexuality--Political aspects--South Africa.
dc.subjectTheses--Gender studies.
dc.titleMoffies, stabanis and lesbos : the political construction of queer identities in southern Africa.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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