La figuration du corps-homosexuel dans l'écriture francophone subsaharienne: Anti-corps, corps-performatif et confusion identitaire

In Sub-Saharan Africa, homosexuality is an intricate subject, reflecting deep socio-cultural complexities. Following colonization, increased visibility of homosexuality gave rise to controversies that fluctuated between notions deviance and self-assertion.” My thesis approaches this theme through the analysis of four novels: Chuchote pas trop (2005) by Frieda Ekotto, J’attends mon mari (2014) by Karim Deya, Si loin de ma vie (2018) by Monique Ibouldo, and De purs hommes (2018) by Mohamed Mbougar Saar. Using a range of methodologies that includes theories of performativity and stigmatization, and theories of both collective and individual homosexual embodiment, we will explore the concept of Anti-corporeality in relation to the homosexual-body within the Sub-Saharan African context. This perspective will foreground the range of homoerotic practices before, during, and after colonization while clarifying the conceptual particularities of homosexuality in this region. Our analysis of the interplay between the social body and the Anti-body will enhance our understanding of the trajectories of homosexual subjects. These journeys reveal a nuanced landscape where silence functions as both a means of escape and a form of resistance against the heteropatriarchal system. However, such resistance often appears ineffective, resulting in identity fluctuations leading the homosexual body towards a European homo-mobility. Europe being perceived as more tolerant.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph D

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

French

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Western Ontario

Year dc:date.issued

2025

Author dc:creator

• Kodji Zra, Francois

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Chris Roulston
• Daniel Vaillancourt
• Heather Kirk

• Corps-homosexuel
• écriture subsaharienne
• Anti-corps
• corps-performatif

Language dc:language.iso

fr

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14721/32893

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwo.scholaris.ca:20.500.14721/32893