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Queer visibilities : space, identity and interaction in Cape Town / Andrew Tucker.

By: Tucker, Andrew, 1980-Contributor(s): Wiley InterScience (Online service)Material type: Text

TextSeries: RGS-IBG book seriesPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: 1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444306187; 1444306189; 9781444306194; 1444306197; 1282138782; 9781282138780Subject(s): Gay men -- South Africa -- Cape Town -- Social conditions | Sexual orientation -- South Africa -- Cape Town | Sex discrimination -- South Africa -- Cape Town | Gay men -- Identity | Cape Town (South Africa) -- Social conditions | Sex discrimination | Sexual orientation | Gay men | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gay Studies | Gay men -- Identity | Gay men -- Social conditions | Sex discrimination | Sexual orientation | Social conditions | South Africa -- Cape TownGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Queer visibilities.DDC classification: 306.76/6209687355 LOC classification: HQ76.2.S6 | T83 2009Online resources: Wiley Online Library

Contents:

Queer visibilities in Cape Town -- Legacies and visibilities among white queer men -- Coloured visibilities and the raced nature of heteronormative space -- How to be a queer Xhosa man in the Cape Town townships -- Social invisibilities -- Political invisibilities (and visibilities) -- The costs of invisibility.

Action note: digitized 2010 committed to preserveSummary: 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 Townwhite, coloured, and black Africans.; Discusses how HIV remains a key issue for queer men in South Africa.; Utilizes new research datathe first comprehensive cross-community study of queer identities in South Africa.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-240) and index.

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 Townwhite, coloured, and black Africans.; Discusses how HIV remains a key issue for queer men in South Africa.; Utilizes new research datathe first comprehensive cross-community study of queer identities in South Africa.

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