Queer visibilities: space, identity, and interaction in Cape Town
"Queer Visibilities explores the gap between liberal South African law and the more dangerous reality for groups of queer men living in Cape Town. By examining the lives of queer men among the three major 'race' groups in Cape Town - whites, coloureds and black Africans - this new stu...
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| Summary: | "Queer Visibilities explores the gap between liberal South African law and the more dangerous reality for groups of queer men living in Cape Town. By examining the lives of queer men among the three major 'race' groups in Cape Town - whites, coloureds and black Africans - this new study shows how changes in South African law remain marginal to vast numbers of the city's queers."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | X, 246 S. Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 9781405183031 9781405183024 |
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables vi
Series Editors' Preface viii
Acknowledgements ix
1 Queer Visibilities in Cape Town 1
Part I Visibilities 35
2 Legacies and Visibilities among White Queer Men 37
3 Coloured Visibilities and the Raced Nature of
Heteronormative Space 67
4 How to be a Queer Xhosa Man in the Cape Town Townships 101
Part II Interactions 137
5 Social Invisibilities 139
6 Political Invisibilities (and Visibilities) 160
7 The Costs of Invisibility 187
Notes 206
Bibliography 220
Index 241
Figures and Tables
Figures
2.1 The location of the De Waterkant gay village
in the centre of Cape Town 51
2.2 A view up Dixon Street in the gay village 51
2.3 The location of various leisure and consumer venues
in the gay village 53
2.4 The location of suburban areas in relation to the
CBD/City Bowl and Atlantic Seaboard 58
3.1 Zonnebloem today, close to the heart of the city 69
3.2 District Six prior to forced removals (in grey) and today 75
3.3 Kewpie, a coloured queer hairdresser © copyright GALA 76
3.4 Coloured cross-dressing 'moffies' circa 1960 © copyright
GALA 76
3.5 Some of the locations to which coloured groups from
District Six were moved 82
3.6 A coloured cross-dressing queer man today 82
3.7 Front covers of Detail newspaper 96
4.1 The location of the Transkei and Ciskei in relation to
Cape Town 105
4.2 The location of some of the major townships in
Cape Town today 107
4.3 Informal shacks in Cape Town 107
5.1 Monthly income amongst the employed aged 15-65
by population groups in South Africa 151
6.1 Triangle Project offices located in Mowbray in Cape Town 162
6.2 A view into the gated party at the end of the 2004
Johannesburg Pride 170
Unless otherwise stated all photographs taken by and © the author.
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES vii
Tables
3.1 Size of racially defined population groups
in South Africa, 2001 70
3.2 Size of racially defined population groups
in Cape Town, 2001 71 |
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables vi
Series Editors' Preface viii
Acknowledgements ix
1 Queer Visibilities in Cape Town 1
Part I Visibilities 35
2 Legacies and Visibilities among White Queer Men 37
3 Coloured Visibilities and the Raced Nature of
Heteronormative Space 67
4 How to be a Queer Xhosa Man in the Cape Town Townships 101
Part II Interactions 137
5 Social Invisibilities 139
6 Political Invisibilities (and Visibilities) 160
7 The Costs of Invisibility 187
Notes 206
Bibliography 220
Index 241
Figures and Tables
Figures
2.1 The location of the De Waterkant gay village
in the centre of Cape Town 51
2.2 A view up Dixon Street in the gay village 51
2.3 The location of various leisure and consumer venues
in the gay village 53
2.4 The location of suburban areas in relation to the
CBD/City Bowl and Atlantic Seaboard 58
3.1 Zonnebloem today, close to the heart of the city 69
3.2 District Six prior to forced removals (in grey) and today 75
3.3 Kewpie, a coloured queer hairdresser © copyright GALA 76
3.4 Coloured cross-dressing 'moffies' circa 1960 © copyright
GALA 76
3.5 Some of the locations to which coloured groups from
District Six were moved 82
3.6 A coloured cross-dressing queer man today 82
3.7 Front covers of Detail newspaper 96
4.1 The location of the Transkei and Ciskei in relation to
Cape Town 105
4.2 The location of some of the major townships in
Cape Town today 107
4.3 Informal shacks in Cape Town 107
5.1 Monthly income amongst the employed aged 15-65
by population groups in South Africa 151
6.1 Triangle Project offices located in Mowbray in Cape Town 162
6.2 A view into the gated party at the end of the 2004
Johannesburg Pride 170
Unless otherwise stated all photographs taken by and © the author.
LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES vii
Tables
3.1 Size of racially defined population groups
in South Africa, 2001 70
3.2 Size of racially defined population groups
in Cape Town, 2001 71 |
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