Kaoma Christianity, Globalization, and Protective Homophobia

Democratic Contestation of Sexuality in Sub-Saharan Africa
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-66341-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 185 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book examines how socio-political assumptions inform and shape the contestation of sexuality on the African continent. Across Africa, the idea that homosexuality is un-African, un-Christian, un-natural, and un-cultural is now well established. This book analyzes politically- and religiously-inspired protective homophobia within the context of Africa’s socioeconomic and political place in the global community. The author builds upon on-the-ground research and his groundbreaking previous studies on the cultural politics of globalization in Africa to present a wide, complex, and interdisciplinary understanding of Africa’s sexual politics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaoma, Kapya

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Is Homosexuality an African or unAfrican Human Rights Issue?.- 2. Contesting the Sexual: Sexuality in an African Context.- 3. Contesting Religion: African Religious Leaders in Sexual Politics .- 4. Contesting Global Culture: Globalization and Sexual Politics in sub-Saharan Africa.- 5. Contesting Identity:  Democratic Human Rights and Sexual Politics.- 6. Contesting Sovereignty: Protective homophobia and International Relations.- 7. Contesting the Biblical Adam and Eve Narrative: Jesus on Sexual Diversity.- 8. A Dance of Many Tunes.

Über Autor(innen)

Kapya Kaoma is Visiting Researcher at Boston University, USA. He was the original researcher to expose the ties between US right-wing evangelicals and the anti-LGBTQ legislation in Uganda, and has testified before Congress and the United Nations. He is the author of a number of books, including  Globalizing the Culture Wars  (2009),  Colonizing African Value s (2012), and  American Culture Warriors in Afric a (2014), and appears as an expert voice in the 2013 documentary God Loves Uganda .