Knowing Women: Same-Sex Intimacy, Gender, and Identity in Postcolonial Ghana

ISBN-13: 9781108811026 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 330 str.

Switzerland) Dankwa Serena Owusua (Universitat Bern

Opis

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

Recenzje

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

Spis treści

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.