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099    WORLD WIDE WEB|aE-BOOK|aEBSCO 
100 1  Dankwa, Serena Owusua,|d1975-|eauthor. 
245 10 Knowing women :|bsame-sex intimacy, gender, and identity 
       in postcolonial Ghana /|cSerena Owusua Dankwa, Universität
       Bern, Switzerland. 
250    1 Edition. 
263    2101 
264  1 New York :|bCambridge University Press,|c2021. 
300    1 online resource. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bn|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 0  African identities: past and present 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    "Knowing Women is an ethnography on friendship, same-sex 
       desire, and intimacy among urban, working-class women in 
       southern Ghana who engage in erotic relationships with 
       each other. The intersectional analysis of these women's 
       life narratives and world views situates them in relation 
       to contemporary political, economic, and social 
       developments affecting Ghana and other African societies 
       in a postcolonial world. Prominent among these are the 
       anti-gay policies and rhetoric and the pro-gay activism of
       local and international LGBTIQ advocacy organizations. 
       Paying close attention to the women's own practices of 
       self-reference, S. O. Dankwa refers to them as "knowing 
       women" in a way that both distinguishes them from, and 
       relates them to such categories as lesbian or supi a 
       Ghanaian term for female friend(ship). In so doing it 
       critically refutes both the anti-gay claim that 
       homosexuality is "un-African" and the universalizing claim
       that queer identity categories exist in and can be 
       translated between all languages and cultures. The book 
       contributes to the burgeoning field of global queer 
       studies in which both women and Africa have been largely 
       underrepresented. In addition to engaging feminist, queer,
       Africanist and postcolonial theories of gender and 
       sexuality, it responds to anthropological theories of 
       kinship and gift-exchange"--|cProvided by publisher. 
588    Description based on print version record and CIP data 
       provided by publisher; resource not viewed. 
650  0 Lesbianism|zGhana|xHistory. 
650  0 Lesbians|zGhana|xSocial life and customs. 
650  0 Interpersonal relations|zGhana. 
650  0 Gender identity|zGhana. 
650  7 Gender identity.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00939593 
650  7 Interpersonal relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00977397 
650  7 Lesbianism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00996514 
650  7 Lesbians|xSocial life and customs.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00996578 
651  7 Ghana.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01208741 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aDankwa, Serena Owusua, 1975-|tKnowing 
       women|b1 Edition.|dNew York : Cambridge University Press, 
       2021.|z9781108495905|w(DLC)  2020025740 
994    C0|bSTJ