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
perspectives on the lives of Caribbean women, transnational gay and
lesbian movements, and an Afro-Surinamese tradition that challenges
conventional Western notions of marriage, gender, identity, and
desire. Bringing these women's voices to the forefront, she offers
an extensive and groundbreaking analysis of the unique historical,
religious, psychological, economic, linguistic, cultural, and
political forces that have shaped their lives.
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