RT Book
T1 Politicizing sex in contemporary Africa: homophobia in Malawi
A1 Currier, Ashley
LA English
PP Cambridge New York, NY Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1645457419
AB Although sexual minorities in Africa continue to face harsh penalties for same-sex relationships, strong anti-homophobic resistance exists across the continent. This book systematically charts the emergence and effects of politicized homophobia in Malawi and shows how it has been used as a strategy by political elites to consolidate their moral and political authority, through punishing LGBT people and dividing social movements. Here, Ashley Currier pays particular attention to the impact of politicized homophobia on different social movements, specifically HIV/AIDS, human rights, LGBT rights, and women's rights movements. Her timely account intervenes in Afro-pessimist portrayals of the African continent as a hotbed of homophobia and unravels the tensions and contradictions underlying Western perceptions of Malawi. It shows that, in reality, many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people happily call Malawi home, in spite of heightened antigay vitriol that has generated unwanted visibility for them.
NO Register, Literaturhinweise, Literaturverzeichnis Seite 258-2296
CN HQ76.45.M3
SN 9781108427890
SN 9781108448376
K1 Homophobia : Political aspects : Malawi
K1 Homosexuality : Public opinion : Malawi
K1 Sexual minorities : Public opinion : Malawi
K1 Public Opinion : Malawi
K1 Sexual minorities : Civil rights : Malawi
K1 Homosexuality : Public opinion
K1 Politics and government
K1 Public Opinion
K1 Social Conditions
K1 Homosexualität
K1 Diskriminierung
K1 Gruppe
K1 Rechtsstellung
K1 Minderheitenrecht
K1 Menschenrecht
K1 Politisierung
K1 Öffentliche Meinung
K1 Kultur
K1 Wert
K1 Norm : Ethik
K1 Kulturstandard
K1 Gesellschaftliche/politische Bewegung
K1 Social/political movements
K1 Malawi : Politics and government : 1994-
K1 Malawi : Social conditions : 21st century : Malawi
K1 Malawi