{"product_id":"amphibious-subjects-kwame-edwin-otu-9780520381858","title":"Amphibious Subjects: Sasso and the Contested Politics of Queer Self-Making in Neoliberal Ghana Volume 2","description":"A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmphibious Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e is an ethnographic study of a community of self-identified effeminate men--known in local parlance as \u003ci\u003esasso\u003c\/i\u003e--residing in coastal Jamestown, a suburb of Accra, Ghana's capital. Drawing on the Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Gyekye's notion of \"amphibious personhood,\" Kwame Edwin Otu argues that sasso embody and articulate amphibious subjectivity in their self-making, creating an identity that moves beyond the homogenizing impulses of western categories of gender and sexuality. Such subjectivity simultaneously unsettles claims purported by the Christian heteronationalist state and LGBT+ human rights organizations that Ghana is predominantly heterosexual or homophobic. Weaving together personal interactions with sasso, participant observation, autoethnography, archival sources, essays from African and African-diasporic literature, and critical analyses of documentaries such as the BBC's \u003ci\u003eThe World's Worst Place to Be Gay\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmphibious Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e is an ethnographic meditation on how Africa is configured as the \"heart of homophobic darkness\" in transnational LGBT+ human rights imaginaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kwame Edwin Otu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520381858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520381858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Kwame Edwin Otu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056234721535,"sku":"9780520381858","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f53fd229-cd9c-478e-938b-831618b943e9.jpg?v=1685040235","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/amphibious-subjects-kwame-edwin-otu-9780520381858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}