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THE POLITICS OF PASSION
WOMEN'S SEXUAL CULTURE IN THE AFRO-SURINAMESE DIASPORA |
| By: |
Gloria Wekker |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£95.00 |
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£76.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0231131623 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780231131629 |
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| Publisher: |
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
22 March, 2006 |
| Series: |
Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
Centers on an old institution among the Afro-Surinamese working class in which women have multiple sexual relationships with both men and women. These women reject marriage, preferring to create their own families of kin, lovers, and children. Analyzing this phenomenon, known as mati work, this book describes the lives of Afro-Surinamese women. |
| Synopsis: |
Gloria Wekker analyzes the phenomenon of mati work, an old practice among Afro-Surinamese working-class women in which marriage is rejected in favor of male and female sexual partners. Wekker vividly describes the lives of these women, who prefer to create alternative families of kin, lovers, and children, and gives a fascinating account of women's sexuality that is not limited to either heterosexuality or same-sex sexuality. She offers new perspectives on the lives of Caribbean women, transnational gay and lesbian movements, and an Afro-Surinamese tradition that challenges conventional Western notions of marriage, gender, identity, and desire. Bringing these women's voices to the forefront, she offers an extensive and groundbreaking analysis of the unique historical, religious, psychological, economic, linguistic, cultural, and political forces that have shaped their lives. |
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US |
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Columbia University Press |
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