Hostels, Sexuality, and the Apartheid Legacy: Malevolent Geographies
"In the last decade, the South African state has been transformed dramatically, but the stubborn, menacing geography of apartheid still stands in the way of that country's visions of change. Environmentally degraded old homelands still scar the rural geography. Formerly segregated, now gated, neighborhoods still inhibit free movement. Hostels, Sexuality, and the Apartheid Legacy is a study of another such space, the converted "male" migrant worker hostel." "Hostels, known to be sites of...
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Elder (geography, U. of Vermont) was educated in South Africa and the U.S., and has written extensively on sexuality and geography. He applies feminist and queer analysis in a study of a specific South African space, male migrant worker hostels, which have also become inhabited by increasing numbers of "invisible" female residents. Known as sites of public and domestic violence, destruction and rebuilding, they are also a contributing factor to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Elder's study focuses on the everyday lives of thirty black women living in an East Rand hostel, and identifies spatialized forms of marginalization, impoverishment, infection, and disempowerment. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsCh. 1Introduction: Exorcising the Tokoloshe1Ch. 2Political Geographies19Ch. 3Apartheid Fantasies41Ch. 4Fortresses of Fear71Ch. 5National Ballets93Ch. 6A Menacing Tradition116Ch. 7Undesigning Women134Ch. 8Changing the Subject148Notes165Bibliography169Index183
