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The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora (Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies) (6th Edition) by Professor Gloria Wekker Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-231-13163-1 / 0231131631 ISBN-13: 978-0-231-13163-6 / 9780231131636 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 c |