Epprecht Marc
Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Science, Queen's University, Canada.
Cult Health Sex. 2005 May;7(3):253-66. doi: 10.1080/13691050410001730243.
This paper examines the intellectual and social origins of racialist homophobia in contemporary Zimbabwean political discourse, exemplified by President Robert Mugabe's anti-homosexual speeches since the mid-1990s. It challenges the notions that such homophobia is either essential to African patriarchy or simple political opportunism. Tracing overt expressions of intolerance towards male-male sexuality back to the colonial period, it focuses on ways in which notions of appropriate, respectable, exclusive heterosexuality within the 'cowboy' culture of White Southern Rhodesia trickled into, or were interpreted in, the African nationalist movement. It concludes that understanding this history could improve efforts to address concerns around sexual health in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in the region, particularly silences around same-sex sexuality in HIV/AIDS education and prevention.
本文探讨了当代津巴布韦政治话语中种族主义恐同症的思想和社会根源，自20世纪90年代中期以来总统罗伯特·穆加贝的反同性恋演讲便是例证。它对这样一种观念提出了质疑，即这种恐同症要么是非洲父权制的本质特征，要么仅仅是政治机会主义。将对男性之间性行为的公开不容忍表现追溯到殖民时期，它关注的是南罗德西亚白人“牛仔”文化中适当、体面、排他的异性恋观念以何种方式渗透到非洲民族主义运动中，或者在其中得到何种解读。研究得出结论，了解这段历史有助于在津巴布韦及该地区其他地方更好地解决围绕性健康的问题，特别是在艾滋病毒/艾滋病教育和预防中对同性性行为的忽视。
