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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/636888503 Title: Heterosexual Africa? : the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS Author: Marc Epprecht Publisher: Athens : Scottsville, South Africa : Ohio University Press ; University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9780821442982 0821442988 OCLC:636888503

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Heterosexual Africa? : the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS

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Heterosexual Africa? : the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS

Author:	Marc Epprecht
Publisher:	Athens : Ohio University Press ; Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008.
Series:	New African histories series.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
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 Read more...
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Subjects	Homosexuality -- Africa -- History. Gays -- Africa -- History. Africa -- Social life and customs. View all subjects
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Additional Physical Format:	Print version: Epprecht, Marc. Heterosexual Africa?. Athens : Ohio University Press ; Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008 (DLC) 2008009908 (OCoLC)192056185
Material Type:	Document, Internet resource
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ISBN:	9780821442982 0821442988
OCLC Number:	636888503
Reproduction Notes:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages).
Details:	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.
Contents:	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.
Series Title:	New African histories series.
Responsibility:	Marc Epprecht.

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