Melissa Hackman
Biographic Data
| ID | 636903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Hackman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Hackman |
| SIGNATURE | HACKMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emory University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3428-0656 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Desire Work
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 m…
How intersectional constructions of sexuality, culture, and masculinity shape identities and sexual decision-making among men who have sex with men in coastal Kenya
Men who have sex with men are increasingly recognised as one of the most vulnerable HIV risk groups in Kenya. Sex between men is highly stigmatised in Kenya, and efforts to provide sexual health services to men who have sex with men require a deeper understanding of their lived experiences; this includes how such men in Kenya construct their sexual identities and how these constructions affect sexual decision-making. Adult self-identified men who…
Desire Work
Gay men in Cape Town, South Africa joined a Pentecostal ministry in an attempt to produce what they understood as 'natural' heterosexual attraction. In this article, I explore how these gay men try to form new selves through what I call 'desire work', or physical and emotional micropractices and discipline. Desire is not 'natural', but it is produced through a multitude of engagements with cultural norms, public life, political economies, and soc…
A Sinful Landscape
'Spiritual mapping' is a transnational Pentecostal 'spiritual warfare' practice that aims to identify and fight 'territorial spirits', or demons that possess specific places. It was unique in Cape Town, South Africa, at the beginning of democracy, because it was both racialized and sexualized. This article examines how Pentecostals in Cape Town employed spiritual mapping techniques to identify and police groups they understood as morally and spir…
Desire Work
Gay men in Cape Town, South Africa joined a Pentecostal ministry in an attempt to produce what they understood as 'natural' heterosexual attraction. In this article, I explore how these gay men try to form new selves through what I call 'desire work', or physical and emotional micropractices and discipline. Desire is not 'natural', but it is produced through a multitude of engagements with cultural norms, public life, political economies, and soc…
A Sinful Landscape
'Spiritual mapping' is a transnational Pentecostal 'spiritual warfare' practice that aims to identify and fight 'territorial spirits', or demons that possess specific places. It was unique in Cape Town, South Africa, at the beginning of democracy, because it was both racialized and sexualized. This article examines how Pentecostals in Cape Town employed spiritual mapping techniques to identify and police groups they understood as morally and spir…
How intersectional constructions of sexuality, culture, and masculinity shape identities and sexual decision-making among men who have sex with men in coastal Kenya
Men who have sex with men are increasingly recognised as one of the most vulnerable HIV risk groups in Kenya. Sex between men is highly stigmatised in Kenya, and efforts to provide sexual health services to men who have sex with men require a deeper understanding of their lived experiences; this includes how such men in Kenya construct their sexual identities and how these constructions affect sexual decision-making. Adult self-identified men who…
Desire Work
Gay men in Cape Town, South Africa joined a Pentecostal ministry in an attempt to produce what they understood as 'natural' heterosexual attraction. In this article, I explore how these gay men try to form new selves through what I call 'desire work', or physical and emotional micropractices and discipline. Desire is not 'natural', but it is produced through a multitude of engagements with cultural norms, public life, political economies, and soc…
Desire Work
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 m…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (3 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Human sexuality (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Masculinity (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works)