The Politics Of Passion: Women'S Sexual Culture In The Afro-Surinamese Diaspora

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.

• | By (Author): Gloria (Professor and Director, Univeristy of Utrecht) Wekker
• | Series: Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2006
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780231131636