Out in Africa LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa

Name: Out in Africa LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa
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ISBN: 9780816678013

ISBN-10: 0816678014

ISBN-13: 9780816678013

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ashley Currier

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Visibility matters to activists—to their social and political relevance, their credibility, their influence. But invisibility matters, too, in times of political hostility or internal crisis.Out in Africais the first to present an intimate look at how Namibian and South African lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations have cultivated visibility and invisibility as strategies over time. As such, it reveals the complexities of the LGBT movements in both countries as these organizations make use of Western terminology and notions of identity to gain funding even as they work to counter the perception that they are “un-African.”Different sociopolitical conditions in Namibia…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication date: 6/28/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Acronyms


Introduction: How Visibility Matters



The Rise of LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa



"This Lesbian Issue": Navigating Public Visibility as Lesbian Movement Organizations



Disappearing Acts: Organizational Invisibility in Times of Opportunity



Homosexuality Is African: Struggles "to Be Seen"


Conclusion: Why Visibility Matters


Methodological Appendix


Notes


Works Cited


Index