| Gender and Sexuality in Senegalese Societies: Critical Perspectives and Methods Contributor(s): M'Baye, Babacar (Editor), Muhonja, Besi Brillian (Editor), Coly, Ayo A. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1793601127 ISBN-13: 9781793601124 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $115.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - African - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 305.309 |
| LCCN: 2019019001 |
| Series: Critical African Studies in Gender and Sexuality |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.43 lbs) 326 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing from the diverse fields of postcolonial studies, literary studies, history, anthropology, sociology, political science, environmental studies, and development studies, among others, Gender and Sexuality in Senegalese Societies demonstrates the urgency and necessity of new research in gender and queer studies in and on Senegalese societies. By focusing on subjects that have thus far been largely neglected in national and scholarly debates, the chapters are subversive, complex, and inclusive, centering within Senegalese studies themes and elements of alternative, nonbinary, variant, and nonheteronormative gender identities, sexualities, and voices. Contributors demonstrate that nationalist and anticolonial discourses propelled by deep and lingering socioeconomic inequalities have led, in postcolonial Senegal, to vitriolic scapegoating of individuals and communities with variant sexual and gender identities. The chapters in this volume look inward to the voices and experiences of the Senegalese people to challenge nationalist representations of advocacy for the liberation of gender and sexual minorities in Senegal as a function of a Western neocolonialist agenda. |