Journal
SOCIAL & LEGAL STUDIES
Volume 26, Issue 2, Pages 188-207Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0964663916666630
Keywords
Affect; Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009; Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014; disgust; Foucault; LGBT; sexual minorities; techniques of government; Uganda
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- Economic and Social Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council [1228576] Funding Source: researchfish
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This article questions the extent to which calculable numbers are indispensable to the government of conduct. By focusing on the role played by disgust in the government of sexual minorities in Uganda, it provides an account of government by emotion, or affective governmentality. This article draws on the literature on disgust, appropriating elements from the various disciplines and perspectives and bringing them under a Foucauldian umbrella. It explores two techniques through which attempts were made to arouse disgust: the sermon and the tabloid expose. Although such techniques were performed by agents who operated beyond the state, this article contends that the emergence of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014 cannot be accounted for without considering the role played by disgust.
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