ISBN:
0231506015
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9780231506014
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 313 pages)
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Illustrations
Series Statement:
Between men--between women
DDC:
306.76/5089960883
Abstract:
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.
Note:
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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295) and index
