The politics of passion : women's sexual culture in the Afro-Surinamese diaspora /
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 ch...
| Основен автор: | Wekker, Gloria. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Columbia University Press,
℗♭2006.
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| Серия: |
Between men--between women.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=168494 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Politics of passion. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Revision of the author's thesis published in 1994 under title: Ik ben een gouden munt, ik ga door vele handen, maar ik verlies mijn waarde niet. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xvi, 313 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0231506015 9780231506014 |