Desire Work: Ex-Gay and Pentecostal Masculinity in South Africa

by Melissa Hackman

Book Overview

In postapartheid Cape Town-Africa's gay capital-many Pentecostal men turned to "ex-gay" ministries in hopes of "curing" their homosexuality in order to conform to conservative Christian values and African social norms. In Desire Work Melissa Hackman traces the experiences of predominantly white ex-gay men as they attempt to forge a heterosexual masculinity and enter into heterosexual marriage through emotional, bodily, and religious work. These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478000821
• ISBN13: 9781478000822
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"