Fiction as prosthesis: Reading the contemporary African queer short story

In this article, I read contemporary African queer fiction as a tool employed by writers to represent and rehumanise queer identities in Sub-Saharan African societies. In these societies, heteropatriarchal authorities strive to disable queer agency by dehumanising queer subjects. I argue that Afric...

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Main Author: Wesley Paul Macheso
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association 2021-08-01
Series:Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
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Online Access:https://letterkunde.africa/article/view/8633