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The politics of passion: women's sexual culture in the Afro-Surinamese diaspora

By Gloria , Wekker

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN
9780231506014, 0231131623, 0231131631, 9780231131629, 9780231131636, 0231506015, 9781280598029, 1280598026, 9786613627858, 6613627852
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3977807 bytes)
Series
Between men--between women
Pages
illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Creoles--Suriname--Paramaribo;Frau;Kreolen;Lesbe;L

Description

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 con.

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