Out in Africa

Out in Africa

by Zabus, Chantal

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Homosexuality was and still is thought to be quintessentially 'un-African'. Yet in this book Chantal Zabus examines the anthropological, cultural and literary representations of male and female same-sex desire in a pan-African context from the nineteenth century to the present. Reaching back to early colonial contacts between Europe and Africa, and covering a broad geographical spectrum, along a north-south axis from Mali to South Africa and an east-west axis from Senegal to Kenya, here is a co…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Out in Africa

Summary

Homosexuality was and still is thought to be quintessentially 'un-African'. Yet in this book Chantal Zabus examines the anthropological, cultural and literary representations of male and female same-sex desire in a pan-African context from the nineteenth century to the present. Reaching back to early colonial contacts between Europe and Africa, and covering a broad geographical spectrum, along a north-south axis from Mali to South Africa and an east-west axis from Senegal to Kenya, here is a comparative approach encompassing two colonial languages (English and French) and some African language ...

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (645 Seiten)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781847010827, 1847010822, 9781782042488, 1782042482
  • oclc:ocn868018877
  • LC Classification:PN56 .H57
  • Dewey Decimal:809.93353

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