title: Gays, guys, and mchicha mwiba: same-sex relations and subjectivities in Dar es Salaam.
abstract: Drawing on 15 months of fieldwork, this article explores ways in which same-sex relations are perceived and performed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. While several different constructions of same-sex sexuality coexist in Dar es Salaam, it is common to conceive of same-sex practicing men as falling into two main categories. Men belonging to each of these differ with respect to the corporeal, gendered, and social positions that are open to them, and typically form dyads across the conceptual boundary of difference that runs between them. The article speaks to the importance of examining sexuality and gender in particular sociocultural settings.
authors: a Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo , Norway.
authors: Kåre
authors: K
authors: Moen
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Aggleton
authors: Melkizedeck T
authors: MT
authors: Leshabari
authors: Anne-Lise
authors: AL
authors: Middelthon
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D003469:Culture; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D012919:Social Behavior; D013636:Tanzania