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KNOWING WOMEN :SAME-SEX INTIMACY, GENDER, AND IDENTITY IN POSTCOLONIAL GHANA

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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.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

306.766309667 KNO S

Penerbit

United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press., 2021

Deskripsi Fisik

ix, 332 p ; ill

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781108863575

Klasifikasi

306.766309667

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

Gender identity
Politics and policy
Ghana
Area Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology,
African Studies,
African History
Interpersonal relations
Lesbianism
Lesbians--Social life and customs
African Government

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

DANKWA, SERENA OWUSUA

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