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Imperialism within the margins : queer representation and the politics of culture in southern Africa /
Through focusing on the sexual politics that have emerged out of post-apartheid South Africa, Spurlin investigates textual and cultural representations of same-sex desire outside of the Euroamerican axes of queer culture and politics, and considers the ways in which queer cultural productions in sou...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Through focusing on the sexual politics that have emerged out of post-apartheid South Africa, Spurlin investigates textual and cultural representations of same-sex desire outside of the Euroamerican axes of queer culture and politics, and considers the ways in which queer cultural productions in southern Africa do not merely intersect with western queer identity politics and cultural representations but also resist them. Imperialism Within the Margins therefore provides an engaged and much-needed critique of the long-present heterosexist biases of postcolonial studies and the western biases of academic queer theory. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 182 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781403983664 1403983666 1281365866 9781281365866 9786611365868 6611365869 |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |