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Christianity, Globalization, and Protective Homophobia
Democratic Contestation of Sexuality in Sub-Saharan Africa|
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| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan |
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| Veröffentl.: | 16.11.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783319663418 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
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This book examines how socio-political assumptions inform and shape the contestation of sexuality on the African continent. Across Africa, the idea that homosexuality is un-African, un-Christian, un-natural, and un-cultural is now well established. This book analyzes politically- and religiously-inspired protective homophobia within the context of Africa’s socioeconomic and political place in the global community. The author builds upon on-the-ground research and his groundbreaking previous studies on the cultural politics of globalization in Africa to present a wide, complex, and interdisciplinary understanding of Africa’s sexual politics.
<p>1. Is Homosexuality an African or unAfrican Human Rights Issue?.- 2. Contesting the Sexual: Sexuality in an African Context.- 3. Contesting Religion: African Religious Leaders in Sexual Politics .- 4. Contesting Global Culture: Globalization and Sexual Politics in sub-Saharan Africa.- 5. Contesting Identity: Democratic Human Rights and Sexual Politics.- 6. Contesting Sovereignty: Protective homophobia and International Relations.- 7. Contesting the Biblical Adam and Eve Narrative: Jesus on Sexual Diversity.- 8. A Dance of Many Tunes.</p>
Kapya Kaoma is Visiting Researcher at Boston University, USA. He was the original researcher to expose the ties between US right-wing evangelicals and the anti-LGBTQ legislation in Uganda, and has testified before Congress and the United Nations. He is the author of a number of books, including <i>Globalizing the Culture Wars</i> (2009), <i>Colonizing African Value</i>s (2012), and <i>American Culture Warriors in Afric</i>a (2014), and appears as an expert voice in the 2013 documentary <i>God Loves Uganda</i>.
This book examines how socio-political assumptions inform and shape the contestation of sexuality on the African continent. Across Africa, the idea that homosexuality is un-African, un-Christian, un-natural, and un-cultural is now well established. This book analyzes politically- and religiously-inspired protective homophobia within the context of Africa’s socioeconomic and political place in the global community. The author builds upon on-the-ground research and his groundbreaking previous studies on the cultural politics of globalization in Africa to present a wide, complex, and interdisciplinary understanding of Africa’s sexual politics.
Utilizes a broad base of empirical research to contest various theories that seek to explain the rise of homophobia in Africa as the result of US evangelical interventions Situates homophobia in Africa within a perspective of globalization, transnational networks, and the relationship between domestic and international space Appeals to scholars in Political Science, African Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Anthropology, in particular those interested in human rights, aid and development, sexuality, and gender
<p>Utilizes a broad base of empirical research to contest various theories that seek to explain the rise of homophobia in Africa as the result of US evangelical interventions</p> <p>Situates homophobia in Africa within a perspective of globalization, transnational networks, and the relationship between domestic and international space</p> <p>Appeals to scholars in Political Science, African Studies, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Anthropology, in particular those interested in human rights, aid and development, sexuality, and gender</p>
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