Queer and Trans African Mobilities

"Recent years have seen increased scholarly and media interest in the movement of LGBTIQ+ persons, particularly those seeking protection in Europe and North America. While this has helped focus attention on the plight of individuals facing persecution, it has also reinvigorated racist tropes about sexual or gender rights in the Global South. In the case of Africa, the existence of anti-LGBTIQ+ laws and the prevalence of hetero-patriarchal discourses are regularly cited as evidence of the continent's inescapable savagery. Colonial notions of an uncivilised continent in need of salvation have been repackaged and repurposed for the twenty-first century, with LGBTIQ+ migrants serving as the ultimate case in point"--

שנה

2022

שפה

English

הוצאה

Zed Books, Limited

מהדורות

2

עמודים

256

ISBN

9780755638987

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata