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Summary:

"An Ordinary Landscape of Violence: Women Loving Women in Guyana tells a new history of queer women in post-colonial Guyana. While the region has experienced a rise in queer activism, especially towards efforts of human rights, the queer community is also made the victim of extreme violence. This book seeks to ask how a hetero-patriarchal state shapes queer and "women-lovin' women's" experiences, and how such women navigate racialized, sexualized, and homophobic violence. With a unique focus on the lives of queer women in Guyana, it reveals their manifold experiences of violence, regional differences, and complicated understanding of what exactly constitutes "rights" and its limitations in their lives. While the activism against violence is crucial, this book addresses not only the violence against women, but theorizes the intimate partner violence between women, and demonstrates the ways in which violence is both racialized and sexualized. "-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Affective Economies of the State
• Affective Economies of Religion
• Queer in Berbice: Landscapes of Respectability
• Hetero-patriarchy, Affects, Intimate Partner Violence
• Still Life.

Author/Creator:

Kumar, Preity R. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

An ordinary landscape of violence: women loving women in Guyana [by Kumar, P.R.]

Related Series:

Critical Caribbean studies

Subjects:

Lesbians — Guyana — Social conditions

Lesbians — Violence against — Guyana

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HQ75.6.G95 K86 2024

ISBNs:

9781978819085 (electronic bk.)
1978819080 (electronic bk.)
9781978819047 [Invalid]
1978819048 [Invalid]
9781978819054 [Invalid]
1978819056 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1446201594

Other Control Numbers:

3956932 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp20800239