Defiant Desire: Gay and Lesbian Lives in South AfricaEdwin Cameron, Mark Gevisser Defiant Desire records the lives of lesbian and gay South Africans of all races as they have lived in the face of censure, denial and oppression. The history of gay identity in South Africa is here in its past and present aspects: from a drag salon in Woodstock to a gay "shebeen" in kwaThema; from a church in a Pretoria nightclub to Johannesburg's lesbian and gay pride march; from Afrikaans love poetry to new activism. The book is a document of lesbian and gay struggle, and indispensable for those interested in the sexual politics coursing beneath the country's troubled passage to democracy. |
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... ........ 325 Zackie Achmat ' PRETENDED FAMILIES ' : On being a gay parent .... 342 Neville John IN MEMORY OF ROCKY : An obituary Anne Mayne 348 L Contributors ...... Subject Index ............. Index of Persons ......
... ........ 325 Zackie Achmat ' PRETENDED FAMILIES ' : On being a gay parent .... 342 Neville John IN MEMORY OF ROCKY : An obituary Anne Mayne 348 L Contributors ...... Subject Index ............. Index of Persons ......
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... parents who know of their sons ' homosexuality , and lovers of ' straight ' men , or injongas , who collude in the masquerade that their sexual partners are ' women . ' The mechanics of this charade make for sometimes startling reading ...
... parents who know of their sons ' homosexuality , and lovers of ' straight ' men , or injongas , who collude in the masquerade that their sexual partners are ' women . ' The mechanics of this charade make for sometimes startling reading ...
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... parent , but also the common ground he and the mother of his child have with all parents . And , finally , Mayne uses the form of the 11 Introduction.
... parent , but also the common ground he and the mother of his child have with all parents . And , finally , Mayne uses the form of the 11 Introduction.
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Contents
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Moffies and the laager | 87 |
Gay and lesbian life histories in contemporary Cape Town | 140 |
ABANGIBHAMAYO BATHI NGIMNANDI | 158 |
Gay publishing in South Africa | 225 |
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