Boy-Wives and Female Husbands: Studies in African Homosexualities

by Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe

Book Overview

Among the many myths created about Africa, the claim that homosexuality and gender diversity are absent or incidental is one of the oldest and most enduring. Historians, anthropologists, and many contemporary Africans alike have denied or overlooked African same-sex patterns or claimed that such patterns were introduced by Europeans or Arabs. In fact, same-sex love and nonbinary genders were and are widespread in Africa. Boy-Wives and Female Husbands...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438484100
• ISBN13: 9781438484105
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.8"