{"product_id":"queer-mozambique-from-the-mines-to-the-manas","title":"Queer Mozambique: From the Mines to the Manas","description":"\u003cp\u003eExamining sexual and gender dissent in Mozambique, from colonial histories to contemporary LGBTQIA+ movements, Queer Mozambique foregrounds Lusophone African perspectives in Global South queer theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePostcolonial Mozambique decriminalised homosexual acts in 2015. Unlike in South Africa, Botswana and much of the West, this legal reform was not a response to litigation or public pressure, but came from a parliamentary initiative and lobbying by a few organisations. Subsequent public opinion polls show that Mozambique is an outlier in Africa in its relatively tolerant behaviours and attitudes toward non\u003cbr\u003eheterosexual relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat are the cultural and historical specificities toward gender and sexual dissidence in Mozambique that might explain its distinctive path, and what can we learn from them? Queer Mozambique provides a lively response to these questions. No definitive answer is given. Contributors employ different modes and styles – ranging from photographs to storytelling to text interpretation – to tell stories of Mozambique’s distinctive cultures of sexual and gender dissent and fluidity, from the South African mine compounds of the late nineteenth century to the current LGBTIQ+ movement and the formation of new sexual and gender identities, such as those of the manas trans women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first book in English on queer issues in a Portuguese-speaking African country, Queer Mozambique not only assembles and interprets empirical evidence for the Anglophone reader, but also brings new debates and theories from the Global South. It aims at a truly global dialogue between international and Mozambican scholars of queer studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wits University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45419929665712,"sku":"9781997461043","price":420.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/9181\/8160\/files\/QueerMozambiquebookcover.jpg?v=1782306344","url":"https:\/\/www.mzansibooks.co.za\/products\/queer-mozambique-from-the-mines-to-the-manas","provider":"Mzansi Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}