| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages). |
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text file |
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New African histories series
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New African histories series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-218) and index. |
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A puzzling blindspot, a troubling silence, a strange consensus: reflections on the heterosexual norm in "African AIDS" -- The ethnography of African straightness -- Ethnopsychiatry and the making of gay Shaka -- Slim disease and the science of silence -- Alternatives and ambiguities : African voices in literature and film. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
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 explicitly 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 enthu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Homosexuality -- Africa -- History.
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Homosexuality. |
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Africa. |
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History. |
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Gay people -- Africa -- History.
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Gays. |
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Africa -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Africa -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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AIDS (Disease) -- Africa.
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AIDS (Disease) |
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HIV infections -- Africa.
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HIV infections. |
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Homosexuality -- history. |
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Ethnopsychology. |
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HIV Infections. |
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Africa. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte (umfassend) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Homosexuality. |
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Homosexuals. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Epprecht, Marc. Heterosexual Africa?. Athens : Ohio University Press ; Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008 (DLC) 2008009908 (OCoLC)192056185 |
| ISBN |
9780821442982 |
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0821442988 |
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9780821417980 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0821417983 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780821417997 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0821417991 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781869141578 (paperback ; University of KwaZulu-Natal Press) |
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1869141571 (paperback ; University of KwaZulu-Natal Press) |
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