{"product_id":"queer-visibilities-isbn-9781405183031","title":"Queer Visibilities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombining current theory and original fieldwork, \u003ci\u003eQueer Visibilities\u003c\/i\u003e explores the gap between liberal South African law and the reality for groups of queer men living in Cape Town.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the interface between queer sexuality, race, and urban space to show links between groups of queer men\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on three main 'population groups' in Cape Town—white, coloured, and black Africans\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses how HIV remains a key issue for queer men in South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUtilizes new research data—the first comprehensive cross-community study of queer identities in South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Figures and Tables.  \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors' Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Queer Visibilities in Cape Town.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Visibilities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Legacies and Visibilities among White Queer Men.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Coloured Visibilities and the Raced Nature of Heteronormative Space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 How to be a Queer Xhosa Man in the Cape Town Townships.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Interactions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Social Invisibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Political Invisibilities (and Visibilities).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Costs of Invisibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"\u003ci\u003eQueer Visibilities\u003c\/i\u003e is a much-needed intervention in the geographies of sexualities. Drawing upon extensive ethnographic and archival work, it provides a theoretically sophisticated examination of the interconnected politics of class and race in the production of sexualised space within contemporary Cape Town.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eJon Binnie,\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester Metropolitan University  \u003cp\u003e\"How can we understand the closet if we do not understand our visibilities? Tucker has provided an impressive study driven by intellectual parley between geography, queer theory, postcolonial and development studies. This book adds to the already powerful queer geographies on a fascinating place as well as to debates around queer globalisations.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eMichael Brown,\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrew Tucker\u003c\/b\u003e lectures at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. He earned his PhD from the Department and has also held an Economic and Social Research Council of the UK Postdoctoral Research Fellowship there. He has spent several extended periods of time in South Africa for research.  \u003ci\u003eQueer Visibilities\u003c\/i\u003e explores the gap between liberal South African law and the more dangerous reality for groups of queer men living in Cape Town. By examining the lives of queer men among the three major ‘race’ groups in Cape Town – whites, coloureds and black Africans - this illuminating new study shows how changes in South African law remain marginal to vast numbers of the city’s queers. The text also explores the inextricable links between the regulation and expression of queer sexualities and the histories of racial classification in the country. It argues that Western notions of ‘the closet’ fail to account for important distinctions between men who at times inhabit vastly different social worlds. Such distinctions, however, must be uncovered if the needs and wishes of diverse communities are to be understood. \u003ci\u003eQueer Visibilities\u003c\/i\u003e combines the most up-to-date theoretical arguments with extensive new field research to shed light on some important failures of the New South Africa – including the many hardships faced by black African queer men in the Cape Town townships and a ‘forgotten HIV epidemic’ caused by lingering homophobia and ignorance. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis important new book contributes valuable insights into the study of human sexuality and reveals how sexual discrimination remains a challenge that must be overcome for the true spirit of reconciliation to be realised in South African society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989900083429,"sku":"NP9781405183031","price":98.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405183031.jpg?v=1761785846","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/queer-visibilities-isbn-9781405183031","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}