Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Chantal Zabus

Quote by Chantal Zabus

“One miner at Robinson Deep Mines, Daniel, [...] claims that as an induna or "boss boy", he had sought the company of a "girlfriend", that is, a young Basotho man, because he was not authorized to go in town to "see women". However, when he got special permission to leave the mining complex, he recalls with barely suppressed emotion that, during such leaves, he would soon long to be reunited with his "boy-wife". He and his peers claimed that "[they] loved them better" and preferred them over the experienced (female) city streetwalkers.”

Quote by Chantal Zabus

Book:Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures and Cultures
Create image

Work

Out in Africa: Same-Sex Desire in Sub-Saharan Literatures and Cultures

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Chantal Zabus

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Chantal Zabus. more

You May Also Like

“The political reputation of Servius rests upon his organization of society according to a fixed scale of rank and fortune. He originated the census, a measure of the highest utility to a state destined, as Rome was, to future preeminence; for by means of its public service, in peace as well as in war, could thence forward be regularly organized on the basis of property; every man's contribution could be in proportion to his means.”

LawHistoryPolicyPolitical ScienceCensus
Book:The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
Create image

“Although the designs of the trans and gender identity questions in the Scottish, English and Welsh census differ, they both attempt to navigate the same ambition: avoid use of the term ‘cis’. Other census questions, related to Identity characteristics, ask respondents to select the option to which they most closely identify. Questions require respondents to confirm an identity (for example, ‘I am white Scottish’) rather than negate an identity (for example, ‘I am not Scottish Indian’). The design of the trans and gender identity questions depart from this approach are they require the majority of respondents (those who identify as cis, estimated to be around 99 per cent of the population) to answer the way that negates and identity (‘I am not trans’). Ashley has noted how, in English, ‘currently, no word exists in our vocabulary for the broad category which includes being trans and being cis”

DataLgbtqTransCensus
Book:Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action
Create image

“Usually given to mortals in exchange for their service, geases grant power, with a kick-in-the-teeth exception that comes upon you when you least expect it. Like, you're invulnerable, except to an arrow made of the heartwood of a hawthorn tree, which just so happens to be the exact kind of arrow that your worst enemy favours. Or you'll win every battle you're in, but you're not allowed to refuse invitations to dinner, so if someone invites you to dinner right before a battle, you're not going to be able to show up for that fight.”

Holly BlackThe Folk Of The AirJude DuarteJudeThe Cruel PrinceExceptionsGeasGeases
Book:The Cruel Prince
Create image