The Marquis de Sade's Zimbabwe Adventure
A Contribution to the Critique of ‘African Aids’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18990519 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Epprecht (0000-0003-3497-9395, Queen's University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 243-260 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sexualities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-4607 • E-ISSN: 1461-7382 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1363460707075806 |
| OpenAlex | W1980713944 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article examines a passage in a largely neglected 18th-century novel by the Marquis de Sade. The passage involves a culturally Africanized character who logically refutes homophobic Christian arguments against tolerance of sexual diversity. In that way it precociously anticipated heated debates that bedevil human rights and HIV/AIDS interventions to the present. Sade, by representing African sexualities as more complex than asserted or implied in the heterosexual African AIDS literature, makes a positive contribution to contemporary debates about sexuality and race in Africa today, with implications for anti-essentialist scholarship and AIDS activism globally
Adventure · Essentialism · Human rights · Human sexuality · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · History · HIV, TB, and STIs Epidemiology · Law
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |