The Politics of Passion – Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro–Surinamese Diaspora : Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0231131631
ISBN-13
9780231131636
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Imprint
Columbia University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 25th, 2006
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
498 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 23.00 x 1.80 cms
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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.
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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