Resumé
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | American Ethnologist |
| Vol/bind | 40 |
| Udgave nummer | 1 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 102-117 |
| ISSN | 0094-0496 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2013 |
Emneord
- eroticism
- transactional sex
- gender
- kinship
- postcolonial feminism
- Africa
- Mozambique
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'To put men in a bottle' : Eroticism, Kinship, Female Power and Transactional Sex in Maputo, Mozambique. / Groes-Green, Christian.
I: American Ethnologist, Bind 40, Nr. 1, 2013, s. 102-117.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
TY - JOUR
T1 - 'To put men in a bottle'
T2 - Eroticism, Kinship, Female Power and Transactional Sex in Maputo, Mozambique
AU - Groes-Green, Christian
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This article explores the role of eroticism, kinship and gender in transactional sexual relationships between young women called curtidoras and older white men in Maputo. I draw on postcolonial feminism to argue that curtidoras’ erotic powers are a central part of sexual-economic exchanges with men and that senior female kin are deeply involved in processes of seduction and extraction of money. Relationships between curtidoras, female kin and male partners are conceptualized as “gendered triads of reciprocity" in order to unsettle Western stereotypes of female victims and patriarchal structures in Africa. Transactional sex often makes the partners mutually dependent and emotionally vulnerable and although moralities of exchange collide, young women tend to redistribute accumulated money from men among female seniors and kin.
AB - This article explores the role of eroticism, kinship and gender in transactional sexual relationships between young women called curtidoras and older white men in Maputo. I draw on postcolonial feminism to argue that curtidoras’ erotic powers are a central part of sexual-economic exchanges with men and that senior female kin are deeply involved in processes of seduction and extraction of money. Relationships between curtidoras, female kin and male partners are conceptualized as “gendered triads of reciprocity" in order to unsettle Western stereotypes of female victims and patriarchal structures in Africa. Transactional sex often makes the partners mutually dependent and emotionally vulnerable and although moralities of exchange collide, young women tend to redistribute accumulated money from men among female seniors and kin.
KW - eroticism
KW - transactional sex
KW - gender
KW - kinship
KW - postcolonial feminism
KW - Africa
KW - Mozambique
KW - eroticism
KW - transactional sex
KW - gender
KW - kinship
KW - postcolonial feminism
KW - Africa
KW - Mozambique
U2 - 10.1111/amet.12008
DO - 10.1111/amet.12008
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 102
EP - 117
JO - American Ethnologist
JF - American Ethnologist
SN - 0094-0496
IS - 1
ER -