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

• Main Author: Owusua Dankwa, Serena (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Series: Social Sciences
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Feminism & feminist theory; Gender studies, gender groups; Erotic confessions & true stories; Family & relationships; African studies; LGBT and queer studies; gender studies; feminist theory; social and cultural anthropology; postcolonial studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This intimate study focuses on the everyday lives of working-class women who love women in Ghana. Set in the context of the political, economic and social developments affecting people's lives across Africa, it goes beyond LGBT rights by including desires and intimacies not captured in categori...