Gender and sexuality in Senegalese societies : critical perspectives and methods /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors:	M'Baye, Babacar, 1967- (Editor), Muhonja, Brillian (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Series:	Critical African studies in gender and sexuality.
Subjects:	Women > Senegal > Social conditions. Women's rights > Senegal. Sex role > Senegal. Gays > Legal status, laws, etc. > Senegal. Gays > Senegal > Social conditions. Gay rights > Senegal. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: New directions for studies of gender and sexuality in Senegal / Babacar M'Baye
The invention of the homosexual: the politics of homophobia in Senegal / Ayo Coly
Queering the "greater jihad": Sufi resistance and disruptive morality in Senegalese women's soccer / Beth Packer
Representations of the gôr djiguène [man woman] in Senegalese culture, films, and literature / Babacar M'Baye
Successful schoolgirls: maintaining spatial freedom and personal time in Dakar / Amy Porter
Widowhood and asset inheritance among the Serer in Senegal / Ruth Evans
Sisterhood in Mariama Ba's So long a letter / Kadidia Sy
"How can you promote health without promoting freedom?": e-health for containment and care among queer activists in Senegal / Juliana Friend
Catalyzing stagnant norms: female parliamentarians' creative impact on weary public institutions / Susan Telingator and Sindiso Mnisi Weeks
Radical inclusion and the life of a public intellectual: a conversation with Cheikh Ibrahima Niang / Ellen Foley and Cheikh Ibrahima Niang
Conclusion: Identities, text and texts / Besi Brillian Muhonja.