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The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora

The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora

Wekker, Gloria

Paperback

Series: Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0231131631
ISBN13: 9780231131636
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: Apr 25 2006
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.96
Language: English
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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