Something Radical”
Problematizing the masculine state in Tendai Huchu's The Hairdresser of Harare
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13048356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Asante Lucy Mtenje (0000-0001-8728-0735, Stellenbosch University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 172-187 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the African Literature Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2167-4736 • E-ISSN: 2167-4744 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21674736.2019.1576307 |
| OpenAlex | W2920702149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article examines how Tendai Huchu in The Hairdresser of Harare attempts to deconstruct national discourses of normativity from within. Focusing on the curious and powerful couple of Minister M_ and Mr. M_, I argue that the novel complicates narratives about nationalism and belonging by including narratives of gender and sexuality that have been excluded from the nationalist, heteronormative national script of Zimbabwean identity. Huchu uses an interesting authorial technique in his novelistic discourse to embody complexities that cut across political/ideological position. In my discussion of the novel, I show how Huchu makes it difficult for a reader to occupy a simple either/or position of approval or censure in relation to a range of issues related to gender, sexuality, power, and the nation
Aesthetics · Art · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Ideology · Literature · Narrative · National identity · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · Law · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
Sexual Tensions of Post-Empire
Deconstructing the closet
African Sexualities
Out in Africa
Black skin, ‘cowboy’ masculinity
The festering finger?” Reimagining Minority Sexuality in Tendai Huchu's The Hairdresser of Harare and Abdellah Taïa's Une Mélancolie Arabe
Shifting Geopolitical Borders/Shifting Sexual Borders
Postscript
On the Postcolony
Bananas, beaches and bases
Gender, Nations and States in a Global Era
Queer Inclinations and Representations
For Better or Worse? Women and Zanla in Zimbabwe's Liberation Struggle
Imperial Leather
Masculinity and nationalism
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |