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Heterosexual Africa? : the history of an idea from the age of exploration to the age of AIDS

Heterosexual Africa? The History of an Idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS builds from Marc Epprecht's previous book, Hungochani (which focuses explicitly on same-sex desire in southern Africa), to explore the historical processes by which a singular, heterosexual identity for Africa was constructed-by anthropologists, ethnopsychologists, colonial officials, African elites, and most recently, health care workers seeking to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This is an eloquently written, accessible book, based on a rich and diverse range of sources, that will find enthu
eBook, English, 2008
Ohio University Press ; University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, Athens, Scottsville, South Africa, 2008
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1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages)
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Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010