{"product_id":"out-in-africa-ashley-currier-9780816678013","title":"Out in Africa: LGBT Organizing in Namibia and South Africa Volume 38","description":"\u003cp\u003eVisibility matters to activists--to their social and political relevance, their credibility, their influence. But invisibility matters, too, in times of political hostility or internal crisis. \u003ci\u003eOut in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e is the first to present an intimate look at how Namibian and South African lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations have cultivated visibility and invisibility as strategies over time. As such, it reveals the complexities of the LGBT movements in both countries as these organizations make use of Western terminology and notions of identity to gain funding even as they work to counter the perception that they are \"un-African.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDifferent sociopolitical conditions in Namibia and South Africa affected how activists in each country campaigned for LGBT rights between 1995 and 2006. Focusing on this period, Ashley Currier shows how, in Namibia, LGBT activists struggled against ruling party leaders' homophobic rhetoric and how, at the same time, black LGBT citizens of South Africa, though enjoying constitutional protections, greater visibility, and heightened activism, nonetheless confronted homophobic violence because of their gender and sexual nonconformity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs it tells the story of the evolving political landscape in postapartheid Namibia and South Africa, \u003ci\u003eOut in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e situates these countries' movements in relation to developments in pan-African LGBT organizing and offers broader insights into visibility as a social movement strategy rather than simply as a static accomplishment or outcome of political organizing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashley Currier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816678014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816678013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Ashley Currier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926488908031,"sku":"9780816678013","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_43139f7f-e826-45b3-a008-697d59340f70.jpg?v=1681083354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/out-in-africa-ashley-currier-9780816678013","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}