{"title":"George Paul Meiu","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Paul Meiu's work offers insightful explorations into contemporary social themes, blending critical thought with accessible analysis. Readers can expect thoughtful examinations that challenge conventional perspectives, especially within the realms of identity and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSituated within \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, Meiu's books serve as valuable resources for those seeking to deepen their understanding of queer studies and related subjects. His writing is both engaging and intellectually rigorous, making complex ideas approachable without sacrificing depth.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"queer-objects-to-the-rescue-by-george-paul-meiu-9780226830568","title":"Queer Objects to the Rescue","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExamines forms of intimate citizenship that have emerged in relation to growing anti-homosexual violence in Kenya.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCampaigns calling on police and citizens to purge their countries of homosexuality have taken hold across the world. But the “homosexual threat” they claim to be addressing is not always easy to identify. To make that threat visible, leaders, media, and civil society groups have deployed certain objects as signifiers of queerness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Kenya, bead necklaces, plastics, and diapers more generally have come to represent the danger posed by homosexual behaviour to an essentially “virile” construction of national masculinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eQueer Objects to the Rescue\u003c\/i\u003e, George Paul Meiu explores objects that have played an important and surprising role in both state-led and popular attempts to rid Kenya of homosexuality. Meiu shows that their use in the political imaginary has been crucial to representing the homosexual body as a societal threat and as a target of outrage, violence, and exclusion, while also crystallising anxieties over wider political and economic instability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo effectively understand and critique homophobia, Meiu suggests, we must take these objects seriously, and recognise them as potential sources for new forms of citizenship, intimacy, resistance, and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471423455468,"sku":"9780226830568","price":188.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226830568-queer-objects-to-the-rescue.jpg?v=1775242713"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/george-paul-meiu.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}