Women's negotiation of alternative sexualities in the Western Cape: A Cape Town case study

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dc.contributor.advisorLewis, Desiree
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Sharrone CJ
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-08T06:46:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-02T07:52:57Z
dc.date.available2021-09-08T06:46:21Z
dc.date.available2024-04-02T07:52:57Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionMasters of Arten_US
dc.description.abstractThis mini thesis is an exploratory study of the lived experiences of bisexual and lesbian women in the Western Cape with regard to how they claim agency and negotiate their individual sexualities. Using mixed methodologies this study aims to look at the ways in which bisexual and lesbian women negotiate their sexuality in a landscape dominated by heterosexual discourses. Also considered are the contradictory ways in which these women assert their roles as lesbians and bisexual individuals and how these roles serve to simultaneously reinforce and challenge the dominant order of heterosexuality. The conflicting views of the respondents are documented which further demonstrates the complexities surrounding sexuality. This research identifies and explores both international and local research already conducted on alternative sexualities and address the lack of black researchers' conduct of these studies on the African continent. The study also records an acknowledgement of the researcher's reflection that she too holds contradictory views on some of these issues.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/10269
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectAgencyen_US
dc.subjectBisexualityen_US
dc.subjectLesbianismen_US
dc.subjectHeterosexualityen_US
dc.subjectHomosexualityen_US
dc.subjectPatriarchyen_US
dc.subjectPerformanceen_US
dc.subjectPerformativityen_US
dc.subjectSexualityen_US
dc.subjectSexual Orientationen_US
dc.subjectSocial Constructionen_US
dc.subjectWomenen_US
dc.titleWomen's negotiation of alternative sexualities in the Western Cape: A Cape Town case studyen_US

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