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African SexualitiesA Reader
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1. Introduction Section One RESEARCH, THEORY & METHODS 2. Researching and Theorizing Sexualities in Africa 3. Doing Research on Sexuality in Africa: Ethical Dilemmas and the Positioning of the Researcher 4. From Minuscule Biomedical Models to Sexuality's Depths 5. Tracks: Researching Sexualities Walking AbOUT the city of Johannesburg 6. Dialoguing Culture and Sex: Reflections from the Field Reflection Questions Section Two SEXUALITY, POWER & POLITICS 7. Subversion & Resistance: Activist Initiatives 8. The 'Perils' of Sex and the Panics of Race: The Dangers of Inter-Racial Sex in Colonial Southern Rhodesia 9. Nudity and Morality: Legislating Women's Bodies and Dress in Nigeria 10. "Getting the Nation Talking about Sex": Reflections on the Politics of Sexuality and 'Nation-Building' in Post-Apartheid South Africa 11. Paradoxes of sex work and sexuality in modern- day Uganda 12. Life Story: Love, Power and Resilience 13. African LGBTI Declaration 14. Poem: Two Kinds of Blue 15. Life Story & Poem: A Night in Zanzibar 16. Poem: False Memory 17. Dear Diary 18. Poem: Explain 19. Poem: My Love (for Eudy Simelane) Reflection Questions Section Three MAPPING SEXUAL REPRESENTATIONS & PRACTICES OF IDENTITY 20. Representing African Sexualities Desiree Lewis 21. Pious Stardom: Cinema and the Islamic Revival in Egypt 22. Intersex: The Forgotten Constituency 23. The Chronicle of an Intersexed Activist's Journey 24. Gender Dynamics: A Transsexual Overview 25. Barrenness and Sexuality in the Ndau Community Reflection Questions Section Four INTEGRATED AND POSITIVE SEXUALITY 26. "Osunality" (Or African Eroticism) 27. Politics of naming sexual practices 28. Fiction: My American Jon 29. Life Story: Questions, Questions 30. Fiction: Penitence—Hurry Hurry No Speed 31. Fiction: Love Beads 32. Poem: Cinnamon 33. Poem: Covert Sexuality 34. Poem: The Dream in the Next Body 35. Poem: Nature's Dance 36. Poem: Untitled Reflection Questions Section Five REPRODUCTION AND RIGHTS 37. Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights 38. Family Planning, Contraception and Abortion in Islam 39. Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Politics versus the Press in Defense of Reproductive Rights in Zambia 40. Abortion: a Desperate Measure for Lack of Choice 41. Poem: The Shedding of Blood 42. Ode to my Uterus 43. Life Stories: Ob/Gyn Experiences 44. Journal Excerpts: Reflections on my Journey with my Womb Reflection Questions Section Six SEX & MASCULINITIES 45. Masculinities and Male Sexualities 46. Multiple Meanings of Manhood Among Boys in Ghana 47. "Mombasa Morans": Embodiment, Sexual Morality and Samburu Men in Kenya 48. Sexual Orientation and Human Rights: Putting Homophobia on Trial 49. 'I am Not Tassa, He is Not a Man Like Other Men’: Feminizing Infertility and Masculinizing Fertility in South Nyanza, 1945-60 50. Poem: The Phantoms of My Opera 51. Poem: The Kiss 52. Life Story: The Diamond in The G…. Reflection Questions Section Seven WHO’S HAVING SEX & WHO’S NOT? 53. Unpacking the [Govern]Mentality of African Sexualities 54. Sexuality, Gender and Disability in South Africa 55. The Realities of 'Choice’ in Africa: Implications for Sexuality, Vulnerability, and HIV/AIDS 56. Poem: Wet Towel 57. Interview: Challenges of Sexuality and Aging in a Barren Woman 58. Poem: AIDS Sting(ma) Reflection Questions Section Eight SEXUALITY, SPIRITUALITY & THE SUPERNATUAL 59. Sexuality, Spirituality & the Supernatural 60. 'African sex is dangerous!’ renegotiating 'ritual sex’ in Contemporary Masaka District, Uganda 61. Sangomahood, Abstinence and Celibacy Among Tangoma in Swaziland Reflection Questions Section Nine PEDAGOGY & POPULAR CULTURE 62. Creative Methodological/Pedagogical Approaches 63. Interrogating the Link between Gendered Sexualities, Power and Legal Mechanisms: Experiences from the Lecture Room 64. Through Zanele Muholi’s Eyes: Re/imagining Ways of Seeing Black Lesbians 65. A Radical Technique to Teach Sexual Rights 66. Song: Laabaan Song Reflection Questions Glossary of Terms |
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