The invention of moffie life in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorBecker, Heike
dc.contributor.authorCloete, Allanise
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-07T11:48:30Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-20T12:46:54Z
dc.date.available2018-08-07T11:48:30Z
dc.date.available2024-03-20T12:46:54Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhD (Anthropology)
dc.description.abstractThis 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.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9518
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.subjectMoffie
dc.subjectCape Town
dc.subjectColoureds
dc.subjectGay pride
dc.titleThe invention of moffie life in Cape Town, South Africa

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