Beyond The Mountain: Queer Life in "Africa’s Gay Capital" contributes to the body of knowledge on the lived experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) communities in Cape Town.
The book provides insight on the lives of the LGBTQI communities in Cape Town and challenges the stereotypes and prejudices against these communities. The chapters consist of both narratives of lived experiences and academic discussions presented by novice as well as experienced scholars. The imagery of beyond the mountain is a depiction of the lives of LGBTQI community and immovable negative perceptions the general public have to them and seeks to expose their world and the kinds of violence and abuse they are subjected to, as well as unveiling the racial discrimination within these communities. The book revolves around five themes: education, emancipation, protection, acceptance, and integration of those who identify as LGBTQI people in society.
Author(s): B. Camminga, Zethu Matebeni
Series: Routledge/UNISA Press Series
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 236
City: London
Cover
Dedication
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Foreword
Contributors
Abbreviations and acronyms
Illustrations
Introduction: iKapa Lodumo – An introduction to the infamous Cape Town
Prologue: Queering Cape Town’s posture as “Africa’s gay capital”
Part I: Spatial Mapping of Place and Movement
Chapter 1: Uncle Gravel
Chapter 2: Of mountains and multiculturalism: The Cape Town tourist gaze
Chapter 3: Violent cistems: Trans experiences of bathroom spaces
Chapter 4: Drag lives here: A photo essay
Chapter 5: Shifting in the city: Being and longing in Cape Town
Part II: Herstories Past and Present
Chapter 6: The politics of safety talk and practices: Lesbians constructing belonging and queer world-making in Cape Town
Chapter 7: The GALA archives: Preserving the “queerer” side of queer Cape Town
Chapter 8: Phoenix rising above isolation
Chapter 9: Unearthing silences about raced and gendered queerness in Stellenbosch
Chapter 10: The Miss Gay Western Cape Pageant: An alternative black queer space
Chapter 11: Black lesbian politics and organising spaces
Part III: Queer Performativity in the City
Chapter 12: Graaff’s Pool: A photo essay
Chapter 13: Scene of the crime
Chapter 14: InterseXion
Chapter 15: Disruption and withdrawal: Responses to 21st century Prides from the South
Chapter 16: “Sy is ’n eendjie van ’n ander dam”: Race, class and sexual identity intersections in same-sex marriage
Chapter 17: No milk, no honey, no safe space: A review of The Promised Land Fallacy
Epilogue: No Easter Sunday for queers
Index
