Out in Africa : LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa /

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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. This book examines how Namibian and South African lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organisat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Currier, Ashley
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gays > Social conditions.
Gays > Political activity.
Gay activists.
Activistes homosexuels > Namibie.
Activistes homosexuels > Afrique du Sud.
Homosexuels > Activite politique > Namibie.
Homosexuels > Activite politique > Afrique du Sud.
Homosexuels > Namibie > Conditions sociales.
Homosexuels > Afrique du Sud > Conditions sociales.
Gay activists > Namibia.
Gay activists > South Africa.
Gays > Political activity > Namibia.
Gays > Political activity > South Africa.
Gays > Namibia > Social conditions.
Gays > South Africa > Social conditions.
South Africa.
Namibia.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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