The Emergent Queer
Homosexuality and Nigerian Fiction in the 21st Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9250825 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Green-Simms Green-Simms (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/reseafrilite.47.2.09 |
| OpenAlex | W2472873928 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper examines the treatment of homosexuality in 21st-century Nigerian literature and discusses how the Nigerian literary community critiques discourses of homophobia and explores the everyday fears, desires, pleasures, and anxieties of those who experience same-sex attraction. It argues that 21st-century Nigerian writing can be seen as what Raymond Williams calls “emergent” because it resists the dominant discourses in ways not previously done before and tells diverse stories about same-sex desire that are neither monothematic nor moralistic. This article demonstrates how the work of authors such as Chris Abani, Chimamanda Adichie, and Jude Dibia as well as writing published on the Internet in the wake of the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act tells queer stories about everyday life and love and the intersecting struggles queer African subjects must face
Aesthetics · Art · Everyday life · Face (sociological concept) · Homosexuality · Political science · Queer · Social science · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships
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| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |