Lexington Books
Pages: 304
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-7936-0112-4 • Hardback • July 2019 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-7936-0113-1 • eBook • July 2019 • $90.00 • (£69.00)
Babacar M'Baye is professor of English and pan-African studies at Kent State University.
Besi Brillian Muhonja is associate professor of African, African American, and diaspora studies, and women’s, gender and sexuality studies in the Department of English at James Madison University.
Introduction: New Directions for Studies of Gender and Sexuality in Senegal, Babacar M’Baye
Chapter One The Invention of the Homosexual: The Politics of Homophobia in Senegal, Ayo Coly
Chapter Two Queering the ‘Greater Jihad’: Sufi Resistance and Disruptive Morality in Senegalese Women’s Soccer, Beth Packer
Chapter Three Representations of the Gôr Djiguène [Man Woman] in Senegalese Culture, Films, and Literature, Babacar M'Baye
Chapter Four Successful Schoolgirls: Maintaining Spatial Freedom and Personal Time in Dakar, Amy Porter
Chapter Five Widowhood and asset inheritance among the Serer in Senegal, Ruth Evans
Chapter Six Sisterhood in Mariama Ba’s So Long A Letter, Kadidia Sy
Chapter Seven “How can you promote health without promoting freedom?”: E-Health for Containment and Care among Queer Activists in Senegal, Juliana Friend
Chapter Eight Catalyzing Stagnant Norms: Female Parliamentarians’ Creative Impact on Weary Public Institutions, Susan Telingator and Sindiso Mnisi Weeks
Chapter Nine Radical inclusion and the life of a public intellectual: A conversation with Cheikh Ibrahima Niang, by Ellen Foley and Cheikh Ibrahima Niang
Conclusion: Identities, Text and Texts, Besi Brillian Muhonja
“Gender and Sexuality in Senegalese Societies is a welcome addition to the vibrant field of African gender and sexuality studies. Readers who want to take a ‘deep dive’ into the complexity of gender and sexuality in Senegal will be pleased with the interdisciplinary contributions. The volume addresses timely issues, including girlhood, widow inheritance, and homophobia in Senegal.”
— Ashley Currier, University of Cincinnati and author of Politicizing Sex in Contemporary Africa: Homophobia in Malawi