{"product_id":"queer-visibilities-9781405183024","title":"Queer Visibilities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombining current theory and original fieldwork, \u003ci\u003eQueer Visibilities\u003c\/i\u003e explores the gap between liberal South African law and the reality for groups of queer men living in Cape Town.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the interface between queer sexuality, race, and urban space to show links between groups of queer men\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on three main ''population groups'' in Cape Townwhite, coloured, and black Africans\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses how HIV remains a key issue for queer men in South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUtilizes new research datathe first comprehensive cross-community study of queer identities in South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This attention to the materiality of the city, as well as the relational complexities of historical and contemporary interactions between queer men from different racialised backgrounds is one of the major strengths of this book. Queer Visibilities offers valuable lessons for sexual geographers and urban geographers alike and deserves to be widely read.\" (Area, 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"Tucker successfully resists closing down debate, carefully qualifying his points without qualifying them out of existence. His assessments are many, detailed and well substantiated by interview quotations. One is unable to comprehensively review the many valuable insights he brings here. Read the book.\" (\u003ci\u003eBook Southern Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, September 2010)\"\u003ci\u003eQueer Visibilities\u003c\/i\u003e is a much-needed intervention in the geographies of sexualities. Drawing upon extensive ethnographic and archival work, it provides a theoretically sophisticated examination of the interconnected politics of class and race in the production of sexualised space within contemporary Cape Town.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eJon Binnie,\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester Metropolitan University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"How can we understand the closet if we do not understand our visibilities? Tucker has provided an impressive study driven by intellectual parley between geography, queer theory, postcolonial and development studies. This book adds to the already powerful queer geographies on a fascinating place as well as to debates around queer globalisations.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eMichael Brown,\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables.  \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors' Preface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Queer Visibilities in Cape Town.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Visibilities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Legacies and Visibilities among White Queer Men.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Coloured Visibilities and the Raced Nature of Heteronormative Space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 How to be a Queer Xhosa Man in the Cape Town Townships.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Interactions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Social Invisibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Political Invisibilities (and Visibilities).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Costs of Invisibility.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407913886039,"sku":"9781405183024","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405183024.jpg?v=1730500941","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/queer-visibilities-9781405183024","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}