Synopses & Reviews
The Sexual History of the Global South explores the gap between sexuality studies and postcolonial, cultural critique. Featuring twelve original case studies, based on original historical and ethnographic research from countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the book examines the sexual investments underlying the colonial project and the construction of modern nation-states.Covering issues of heteronormativity, postcolonial amnesia regarding non-normative sexualities, women's sexual agency, the policing of the boundaries between the public and the private realm, sexual citizenship, the connections between LGBTQ activism and processes of state formation, and the emergence of sexuality studies in the Global South, this collection is of great geographical, historical and topical significance.
Synopsis
The Sexual History of the Global South explores the gap between sexuality studies and postcolonial, cultural critique. Featuring twelve original case studies, based on original historical and ethnographic research from countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, the book examines the sexual investments underlying the colonial project and the construction of modern nation-states.Covering issues of heteronormativity, postcolonial amnesia regarding non-normative sexualities, women's sexual agency, the policing of the boundaries between the public and the private realm, sexual citizenship, the connections between LGBTQ activism and processes of state formation, and the emergence of sexuality studies in the Global South, this collection is of great geographical, historical and topical significance.
About the Author
Saskia E. Wieringa is honorary Professor at the University of Amsterdam, holding the Chair on Gender and Women's Same-Sex Relations Crossculturally. Horacio Federico Sívori, PhD, is an Argentinean anthropologist, a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro, and the regional coordinator for the Latin American Centre on Sexuality and Human Rights.
Table of Contents
1. Sexual Politics in the Global South: Framing the Discourse; Saskia Wieringa and Horacio Sívori2. The Rise of Sex and Sexuality Studies in Post-1978 China Studies; Huang Yingying3. From the Obscene Modern to the Pornographic Family: Notes on the "Lustful Adventures" in Bangla Pornography; Hardik Brata Biswas 4. Pepillitos, Garzonas and Men Without Women: Sexing the Nation Body during the Cuban Republican Era; Abel Sierra Madero5. Government and the Control of Venereal Diseases in Colonial Tanzania, MBozi District, 1920s - 1960s; Musa Saddock6. From Police Raids to Prison Culture. Violence and the Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Activism during the 'Democratic Consolidation' in Argentina (1983-1990); Diego Sempol7. Sexuality and Nationalist Ideologies in Postcolonial Africa: (re)making the African Straight in Cameroon; Basile Ndjio8. The 'Lesbian' Existence in Arab Cultures: Historical and Sociological Perspectives; Iman Al-Ghafari9. 'Public Women' and the 'Obscene' Body: A Short Exploration of Abolition Debates in India; Nitya Vasudevan10. Male Homoeroticism and the Emergence of AIDS in Mexico City: Discourses from the 1980s; Alberto Teutle López11. Canons of Desire: Male Homosexuality in 21st Century Keralam; Rajeev Kumaramkandath12. Reflections on Female Criminality and Prisons in Brazil: A Study on Gender and Sexuality in a Women's Prison; Fabíola Cordeiro13. Sexual Pleasure and Pre-Marital Sexual Adventures of Young Women in Africa; Tsitsi B Masvawure