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Imperialism within the Margins

Queer Representation and the Politics of Culture in Southern Africa

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  • © 2006

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  1. William J. Spurlin

    1. London, UK

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • William J. Spurlin
    Pages 1-15

  3. Broadening Postcolonial Studies, Decolonizing Queer Studies: Disciplinary Transitions and Social Change in the “New” South Africa

    • William J. Spurlin
    Pages 16-32

  4. Reclaiming Insurgent Sexualities: Migrant Labor and Same-Sex Marriages on the South African Gold Mines

    • William J. Spurlin
    Pages 33-55

  5. Affective Bonds between Women in Lesotho: Retheorizing Gender, Sexuality, and Lesbian Existence

    • William J. Spurlin
    Pages 56-77

  6. Nationalism, Homophobia, and the Politics of “New” South African Nationhood

    • William J. Spurlin
    Pages 78-102

  7. Sexual/Cultural Hybridity in the “New” South Africa: Emergent Sites of New Transnational Queer Politics

    • William J. Spurlin
    Pages 103-131

  8. Transforming Theory/Transforming Borders: Postcolonial Queer Inquiry and/as a Politics of Decolonization

    • William J. Spurlin
    Pages 132-145

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 146-182
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Through focusing on the sexual politics that have emerged out of post-apartheid South Africa, Spurlin investigates textual and cultural representations of same-sex desire outside of the Euroamerican axes of queer culture and politics, and considers the ways in which queer cultural productions in southern Africa both intersect with and resist these.

Reviews

'Substantially original in content and approach.' - Alan Sinfield, Sussex University

'Spurlin makes a compelling case for the need to queer postcolonial theory and decolonize queer theory, arguing cogently that only these moves can enable a fuller understanding of non-heteronormative sexualities in Africa.' - Ruth Vanita, author of Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West

Authors and Affiliations

  • London, UK

    William J. Spurlin

About the author

WILLIAM J. SPURLIN is Reader in English and Director of the Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence at the University of Sussex.

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