By systematically documenting the emergence of politicized homophobia in Malawi, its appropriation by political elites as a strategy to consolidate power, and its effect on different social movements, Currier challenges Western portrayals of Africa as a hotbed of homophobia.
By systematically documenting the emergence of politicized homophobia in Malawi, its appropriation by political elites as a strategy to consolidate power, and its effect on different social movements, Currier challenges Western portrayals of Africa as a hotbed of homophobia.
Ashley Currier is Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Her first book, Out in Africa: LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa (2012), was a finalist for a 2013 Lambda Literary Book Award. Her research on gender and sexual diversity organizing in Africa has been published in Critical African Studies, Feminist Formations, Gender & Society, GLQ, Mobilization, Politique Africaine, Signs, and Women's Studies Quarterly.
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List of figures Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction: politicized homophobia in Malawi 1. The politicization of same-sex sexualities in Malawi 2. Trials of love: the rise of politicized homophobia 3. The repressive 'wedge' politics of politicized homophobia 4. Arrested solidarity: why some movements do not support LGBT rights 5. Under duress: sexual minorities' perceptions about the effects of politicized homophobia Conclusion: the reach and limits of politicized homophobia References.
List of figures Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Introduction: politicized homophobia in Malawi 1. The politicization of same-sex sexualities in Malawi 2. Trials of love: the rise of politicized homophobia 3. The repressive 'wedge' politics of politicized homophobia 4. Arrested solidarity: why some movements do not support LGBT rights 5. Under duress: sexual minorities' perceptions about the effects of politicized homophobia Conclusion: the reach and limits of politicized homophobia References.
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