An exploratory study of the representation of lesbian subjectivities in the contemporary Kenyan film Rafiki
| dc.contributor.advisor | Shefer, Tamara | |
| dc.contributor.author | Awori, Nancy Judith | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-22T13:04:25Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-02T07:52:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-05-22T13:04:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-02T07:52:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | Masters of Art | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This research analyzes the depiction of black Kenyan lesbians in contemporary Kenyan films. In order to do so, I focus on the film Rafiki by Wanuri Kahiu, a 2018 Kenyan drama film that documents the story of romance that grows between two young women amidst family and political pressure around lesbian gay bisexual trans intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) rights in Kenya. The film speaks to issues of intersectional subjectivity and diverse ways of what it is to identify across different social categories, a woman, a lesbian, a Kenyan and specifically black Kenyan. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/10264 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gender studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kenya | en_US |
| dc.subject | LGBTIQ+ | en_US |
| dc.subject | Romance | en_US |
| dc.title | An exploratory study of the representation of lesbian subjectivities in the contemporary Kenyan film Rafiki | en_US |