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Knowing Women: Same-Sex Intimacy, Gender, and Identity in Postcolonial Ghana: African Identities: Past and Present

Autor Serena Owusua Dankwa
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 ian 2021
Knowing Women is a study of same-sex desire in West Africa, which explores the lives and friendships of working-class women in southern Ghana who are intimately involved with each other. Based on in-depth research of the life histories of women in the region, Serena O. Dankwa highlights the vibrancy of everyday same-sex intimacies that have not been captured in a globally pervasive language of sexual identity. Paying close attention to the women's practices of self-reference, Dankwa refers to them as 'knowing women' in a way that both distinguishes them from, and relates them to categories such as lesbian or supi, a Ghanaian term for female friend. In doing so, this study is not only a significant contribution to the field of global queer studies in which both women and Africa have been underrepresented, but a starting point to further theorize the relation between gender, kinship, and sexuality that is key to queer, feminist, and postcolonial theories. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108495905
ISBN-10: 1108495907
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 159 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria African Identities: Past and Present

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Prologue: arrival stories; Introduction: freeing our imaginations; 1. Tacit erotic intimacies and the politics of indirection; 2. Supi, secrecy, and the gift of knowing; 3. 'The one who first says 'I love you'': ɔbaa barima, gender, and erotic subjectivity; 4. Sugar motherhood and the collectivization of love; 5. 'Doing everything together': siblinghood, lovership, incest, family; Conclusion a fabric that never goes out of fashion; Bibliography.

Recenzii

'This remarkable book deserves a wide audience … Theoretically subtle and accessible and beautifully written … Highly recommended.' C. Higgs, Choice Magazine

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Descriere

A study of same-sex passion, desire, and intimacy among working-class women who love women in West Africa.