dc.contributor.advisor | Becker, Heike | |
dc.contributor.author | Cloete, Allanise | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-07T11:48:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-07T11:48:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6214 | |
dc.description | Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Anthropology) | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation is an ethnography of the figure of the moffie as a performance of same sex
desire amongst gender non-conforming men, as it is celebrated in the 'coloured' ('coloured' is
a constructed racial category, similar to 'white' and 'black' designated onto South Africans
during the system of legislated racial segregation) townships of Cape Town. In this dissertation
I demonstrate that the moffie is central to the lives of gender non-conforming men living in the
'coloured' townships of Cape Town. Through historical and contemporary ethnography, I
show how moffie life is a representation of same sex desire amongst men that is highly visible.
I reveal how moffie life is socially sanctioned through feminine self-styling, embodied through
that of the gay hairdresser, annual gay beauty pageant competitions and Gay Pride events. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | |
dc.subject | Moffie | |
dc.subject | Cape Town | |
dc.subject | Coloureds | |
dc.subject | Gay pride | |
dc.title | The invention of moffie life in Cape Town, South Africa | |
dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | |