The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora

by Gloria Wekker

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231131631
• ISBN13: 9780231131636
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher