Description
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.
About the Author
Wekker is a full professor of women's studies at Utrecht University-the second black woman so honored in the Netherlands. She received her Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology from UCLA. She has published several books in Dutch and a number of articles in English. In 2000-2001 she was a visiting Scholar at the Oral History Project at Columbia.
Reviews
"...A wholly worthwhile book." -- Jaqueline Nassy Brown "[A] profound ethnography." -- New West Indian Guide
Book Information
ISBN 9780231131636
Author Gloria Wekker
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Columbia University Press
Publisher Columbia University Press