Queer Visibilities

Space, Identity and Interaction in Cape Town
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8302-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 379 g

Combining current theory and original fieldwork, Queer Visibilities explores the gap between liberal South African law and the reality for groups of queer men living in Cape Town.
- Explores the interface between queer sexuality, race, and urban space to show links between groups of queer men
- Focuses on three main 'population groups' in Cape Town—white, coloured, and black Africans
- Discusses how HIV remains a key issue for queer men in South Africa
- Utilizes new research data—the first comprehensive cross-community study of queer identities in South Africa

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tucker, Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables.
Series Editors' Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1 Queer Visibilities in Cape Town.

Part I Visibilities.

2 Legacies and Visibilities among White Queer Men.

3 Coloured Visibilities and the Raced Nature of Heteronormative Space.

4 How to be a Queer Xhosa Man in the Cape Town Townships.

Part II Interactions.

5 Social Invisibilities.

6 Political Invisibilities (and Visibilities).

7 The Costs of Invisibility.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Tucker lectures at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. He earned his PhD from the department and has also held an Economic and Social Research Council of the UK Postdoctoral Research Fellowship there. He has spent several extended periods of time in South Africa for research.