Description
| Product ID: | 9780231131636 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies |
| Title: | The Politics of Passion |
| Subtitle: | Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora |
| Authors: | Author: Gloria Wekker |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Gender studies: women and girls, Gender studies: women, Ethnic studies, Sociology, Black & Asian studies, Sociology: sexual relations |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Columbia University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Columbia University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2006-04-25 |
