Para-ethnography, Golf, and the Internet
Donald L. Donham
Chapter from the book: Donham, D. 2018. The Erotics of History: An Atlantic African Example.
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Chapter from the book: Donham, D. 2018. The Erotics of History: An Atlantic African Example.
This chapter concerns the history of homosexual relationships in the neighborhood described previously. The author connects the current relationships to a colonial-era golf course bordering the neighborhood. Golf allowed for relationships to develop between white men and their African caddies and formed a basis for contemporary online relationships. From here the author explores the erotics of sex with a white man from an African perspective. It is argued that what is erotic about the situation is the power reversal of colonial history. Further, African men act as para-ethnographers, creating their own local analyses of white homosexuality in order to seduce and find Western partners.
Donham, D. 2018. Para-ethnography, Golf, and the Internet. In: Donham, D, The Erotics of History. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.45.g
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Published on March 9, 2018