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- Title
Gender and sexuality in African discourses.
- Authors
Fiaveha, Daniel Yaw; Mensah, Eyo
- Abstract
This issue examines the role of language and/or cultural expression in discourses around gender and sexuality. We explore the expressions used to describe people in relation to their gender and sexual configurations and practices. The contributions are from scholars writing from West and Eastern African perspectives, and the findings are useful for ongoing discourse and for informing policy direction. We first present an introduction to this issue, where we highlight the problematic areas of gender and sexuality research in Africa and the aim of the study, taking into consideration how spaces in language expressions make us gendered and sexual beings. We also discuss some historical research trajectories in African sexuality, followed by some future prospects. We conclude with a brief overview of each of the papers in the issue.
- Subjects
EASTERN Africa; LANGUAGE &; culture; GENDER; HUMAN sexuality; LGBTQ+ rights
- Publication
Sociolinguistic Studies, 2023, Vol 17, Issue 1-3, p7
- ISSN
1750-8649
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1558/sols.24323