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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... role doessexual politics playinthistime of transition? What do the strugglesof those experiencing oppression in various ways —as blacks, as women,as gaysandlesbians —have in common?Does their claim forequal rights, for democracy and ...
... role doessexual politics playinthistime of transition? What do the strugglesof those experiencing oppression in various ways —as blacks, as women,as gaysandlesbians —have in common?Does their claim forequal rights, for democracy and ...
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... role does sexual politics play in this time of transition ? What do the struggles of those experiencing oppression in various ways as blacks , as women , as gays and lesbians have in common ? Does their claim for equal rights , for ...
... role does sexual politics play in this time of transition ? What do the struggles of those experiencing oppression in various ways as blacks , as women , as gays and lesbians have in common ? Does their claim for equal rights , for ...
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... roles . We see subterfuge in the way Johannesburg's ' Health Clubs ' , as described by Galli and Rafael , served as clandestine sexual meeting - places for closeted gay men in the 1950s and 1960s . We see sublimation in the way 6 ...
... roles . We see subterfuge in the way Johannesburg's ' Health Clubs ' , as described by Galli and Rafael , served as clandestine sexual meeting - places for closeted gay men in the 1950s and 1960s . We see sublimation in the way 6 ...
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... role of the ' moffie ' scene in the Cape's coloured communities . But , by exploring the relationships of two working - class couples , their essay also demonstrates how these four people have managed to assert and develop their sexual ...
... role of the ' moffie ' scene in the Cape's coloured communities . But , by exploring the relationships of two working - class couples , their essay also demonstrates how these four people have managed to assert and develop their sexual ...
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... role - play , and looks at the way this imitates — and subverts the heterosexual paradigm . In a similar way , Chan Sam used the GLOW Lesbian Forum to collect narratives of black lesbian life . While ' Five women ' is not as ...
... role - play , and looks at the way this imitates — and subverts the heterosexual paradigm . In a similar way , Chan Sam used the GLOW Lesbian Forum to collect narratives of black lesbian life . While ' Five women ' is not as ...
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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