Publication

2022 - Zed Books, Limited

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCHQ73.3.A35 Q84 2022

Description

"Recent years have seen increased scholarly and media interest in the movement of LGBTIQ+ persons, particularly those seeking protection in Europe and North America. While this has helped focus attention on the plight of individuals facing persecution, it has also reinvigorated racist tropes about sexual or gender rights in the Global South. In the case of Africa, the existence of anti-LGBTIQ+ laws and the prevalence of hetero-patriarchal discourses are regularly cited as evidence of the continent's inescapable savagery. Colonial notions of an uncivilised continent in need of salvation have been repackaged and repurposed for the twenty-first century, with LGBTIQ+ migrants serving as the ultimate case in point"--

Subjects

Topics

Sexual minoritiesSocial conditionsLegal status, lawsConditions socialesMinorités sexuellesÉmigration et immigrationEmigration and immigration

Other Editions

  • Queer and Trans African MobilitiesZed Books, Limited2022

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