MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-100231131631
ISBN-139780231131636
eBay Product ID (ePID)48670221
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NamePolitics of Passion : Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHuman Sexuality (See Also Psychology / Human Sexuality), Feminism & Feminist Theory, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Women's Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LGBT, Lgbt Studies / Lesbian Studies
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
AuthorGloria Wekker
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Political Science, Social Science
SeriesBetween Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight17.2 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-054320
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.76/5089960883
Table Of Content1. No Tide, No Tamara / Not Today, Not Tomorrow: Misi Juliette Cummings's Life History 2. Suriname, Sweet Suriname: A Political Economy of Gendered and Racialized Inequality 3. Winti, an Afro-Surinamese Religion and the Multiplicitous Self 4. Kon Sidon na Mi Tapu ... / Then He Comes and Sits Down on Top of Me... Relationships Between Women and Men 5. The Mati Work 6. Sexuality on the Move Notes Works Cited Index
SynopsisGloria 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberHQ29.W476 2006
