Description: Queer Objects to the Rescue: Intimacy and Citizenship in Kenya [Paperback] Meiu, George Paul Product Overview Examines forms of intimate citizenship that have emerged in relation to
growing anti-homosexual violence in Kenya. Campaigns calling on police and
citizens to purge their countries of homosexuality have taken hold across the
world. But the “homosexual threat” they claim to be addressing is not always
easy to identify. To make that threat visible, leaders, media, and civil
society groups have deployed certain objects as signifiers of queerness. In
Kenya, for example, bead necklaces, plastics, and even diapers have come to
represent the danger posed by homosexual behavior to an essentially “virile”
construction of national masculinity. In Queer Objects tothe Rescue, George
Paul Meiu explores objects that have played an important and surprising role
in both state-led and popular attempts to rid Kenya of various imagined
threats to intimate life. Meiu shows that their use in the political imaginary
has been crucial to representing the homosexual body as a societal threat and
as a target of outrage, violence, and exclusion, while also crystallizing
anxieties over wider political and economic instability. To effectively
understand and critique homophobia, Meiu suggests, we must take these objects
seriously and recognize them as potential sources for new forms of
citizenship, intimacy, resistance, and belonging. Read more Details Publisher : University of Chicago Press; 1st edition (December 13, 2023) Language : English Paperback : 238 pages ISBN-10 : 0226830586 ISBN-13 : 82 Item Weight : 11 ounces Dimensions : 6 x 0.54 x 9 inches Best Sellers Rank: #2,376,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4,086 in LGBTQ+ Demographic Studies #6,240 in African History (Books) #10,464 in People of African Descent & Black Studies #4,086 in LGBTQ+ Demographic Studies #6,240 in African History (Books) Quality Products This will be shipped securely Returns must be within 30 days - item EXACTLY as it was sent. Must have tracking number. Email us with any issues/questions. Thanks for looking! Fast and Free Shipping Shipping is free for this item. We get your order shipped out and delivered to your doorstep as quickly as possible. Commitment We are committed to making sure that you leave this transaction satisfied. That means having access to real people that get your questions and concerns answered quickly. Give us a shot and we will make sure that you will look to us again!
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ISBN: 0226830586
ISBN10: 0226830586
ISBN13: 9780226830582
EAN: 9780226830582
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GTIN: 09780226830582
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Queer Objects to the Rescue : Intimacy and Citizenship in Kenya
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Lgbt Studies / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2023
Item Weight: 11.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science
Author: George Paul Meiu
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
