Routledge handbook of queer African studies

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of acronyms; Notes on contributors; Introduction; Notes; PART I: Perspectives on care; Plum Leaves; Gloves; 1. Traditional African systems of land ownership and their impact on lesbian women; Notes; 2. Queering love: Sex, care, capital, and academic prejudices; Introduction; On the production of knowledge about sexuality in Africa; The economy of love; Violet's story; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3. Women who love women: Negotiation of African traditions and kinship; Introduction; Ubuntu as capital

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of acronyms -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- Notes -- PART I: Perspectives on care -- Plum Leaves -- Gloves -- 1. Traditional African systems of land ownership and their impact on lesbian women -- Notes -- 2. Queering love: Sex, care, capital, and academic prejudices -- Introduction -- On the production of knowledge about sexuality in Africa -- The economy of love -- Violet's story -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3. Women who love women: Negotiation of African traditions and kinship -- Introduction -- Ubuntu as capital -- Township lesbians navigate customary marriage and kinship -- The infra-politics and cultural labor of sexuality - black township lesbian women -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Queer African studies and directions in methodology -- Introduction -- Methodological debates in Euro-American queer studies -- Our own (queer) methodology -- Destabilizing discourses and categories -- Postcolonial approaches in queer African studies: Archive and resistance -- Transnational queer analysis of African societies -- Conclusion -- References -- PART II: Perspectives on participation -- Where Men Dwell -- ¼ Cup Ground Cumin -- 5. LGBTIQ political participation in South Africa: The rights, the real, and the representation -- Introduction -- LGBTIQ human rights in South Africa -- The Triangle Project and Victory Institute research study -- South Africa's political landscape since 1994 -- The study: Findings and recommendations -- The survey -- Civil society findings -- Best practices for using invited spaces -- Best practices for using invented spaces -- Political party findings -- Best practice for political parties -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. Are you a footballer? The radical potential of women's football at the national level.