Stobie (English studies, U. of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) has found that since the transition to democracy in 1994 an increasing number of authors and works have dealt with the experience of
bisexuality. Here she explores why this would be in a culture in which one is assigned to be always male or always female and in both cases straight. She begins by introducing readers to
bisexuality in South African writing, queer theory and queer activism in South Africa, and the relation of bisexuality to queer theory. She then describes the history of bisexuality in the west
and variant sexualities in Africa and South Africa, and the work of biography in enforcing traditional South African standards. She then focuses on the work of Afrika, Kohler, Behr, Gordimer,
Duiker, Jamal, Sarif, and Adair. The result is both sensitive and persuasive. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
