The Politics of Passion: Women’s Sexual Culture in the Afro- Surinamese Diaspora (Between Men–Between Women)
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 children, and gives a fascinating account of women’s sexuality that is not limited to either heterosexuality or same-sex sexuality. She offers new perspectives on the lives of Caribbean women, transnational gay and lesbian movements, and an Afro-Surinamese tradition that challenges conventional Western notions of marriage, gender, identity, and desire. Bringing these women’s voices to the forefront, she offers an extensive and groundbreaking analysis of the unique historical, religious, psychological, economic, linguistic, cultural, and political forces that have shaped their lives.
Author: Gloria Wekker
Paperback: 336 pages
Company: Columbia University Press (2006-04-04)
ISBN: 0231131631
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The Boni Maroon Wars in Suriname
The area along the Lawa River, the border river between Surinam and French Guiana, is presently inhabited by about 2,000 Maroons who call themselves Aluku or Boni. They are the descendants of Surinamese slaves who escaped from plantations during the period of slavery. After protracted fighting on Surinamese territory, they finally fled to French Guiana. This is a fascinating account of the genesis of the Boni- Maroons and their continuous warfare against the white planters and their colonial armies. The works that have been published on the Boni-Maroons, for instance John Gabriel Stedman’s famous `Narrative’ from 1796, represent only fragments of the Boni-history. Wim Hoogbergen’s book is a successful attempt to paint an overall picture of this interesting Maroon-history. The author combed the archives of The Netherlands, France and Surinam in search of data referring to the Boni-Maroons from their origins until 1860, with astonishing results.
Author: Wim S. M. Hoogbergen
Hardcover: 254 pages
Company: Brill Academic Publishers (1997-08)
ISBN: 9004093036
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Jews in Another Environment: Surinam in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century (Brill’s Series in Jewish Studies, Vol 1) (Brill’s Series in Jewish Studies, Vol 1)
The most important Jewish center in the western hemisphere during the eighteenth century was “the great colony” - Surinam. There, Jews formed perhaps the most privileged Jewish community in the world. They were often plantation and slave owners, as well as a sizeable proportion of the white population. They had their own village, with extensive autonomous rights. This book is a study of the impact of environment on Jewish life in a colonial society. It analyzes the impact of environment upon migratory patterns, health and mortality, economic structures, intellectual life, and communal dynamics. Following the methods of social history, this book uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine the impact of environment upon the modification of traditional values and modes of behavior. This is the first full-length monograph on Surinamese Jewry to appear in two hundred years. The first one, the Historical Essay of David Nassy, treated Jewish history as part of the colonial experience. This book treats the colonial experience as part of Jewish history.
Author: Robert Cohen
Hardcover: 350 pages
Company: Brill Academic Publishers (1997-08-01)
ISBN: 9004093737
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Stedman’s Surinam: Life in an Eighteenth-Century Slave Society. An Abridged, Modernized Edition of Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam
This abridgment of the Prices’ acclaimed 1988 critical edition is based on Stedman’s original, handwritten manuscript, which offers a portrait at considerable variance with the 1796 classic. The unexpurgated text, presented here with extensive notes and commentary, constitutes one of the richest and most evocative accounts ever written of colonial life — and one of the strongest indictments ever to appear against New World slavery.
Author: John Gabriel Stedman
Paperback: 512 pages
Company: The Johns Hopkins University Press (1992-03-01)
ISBN: 0801842603
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Oroonoko, and Other Writings (Oxford World’s Classics)
The most complete collection of the work of Aphra Behn (1640-89) available, this volume contains Oroonoko and five other works of fiction ranging from comedy and high melodrama to tragedy. The works included–The Fair Jilt, Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam, The History of the Nun,
The Adventure of the Black Lady, and The Unfortunate Bride–are complemented by a generous selection of her poetry from public political verse to lyrics and witty conversation poems.
Author: Aphra Behn
Paperback: 320 pages
Company: Oxford University Press, USA (1998-11-19)
ISBN: 0192834606
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Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 1: The Northern Neotropics: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana (Eisenberg, John F//Mammals of the Neotropics)
In recent decades, growing numbers of researchers have been drawn to the rich and highly threatened biotic diversity of the Neotropics, where mammals are among the most difficult animals to observe and study in detail.
Mammals of the Neotropics fills the need for a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of existing knowledge of the area’s wild mammals, both terrestrial and marine. This first of three planned volumes covers the northern Neotropics, including southern Central America.
John Eisenberg, a leading researcher of Neotropical fauna, begins the volume with a discussion of historical biogeography and contemporary habitats of the northern Neotropics. Each of the chapters that follow presents a mammalian order, with data for all indigenous species. Eisenberg has provided physical descriptions and summaries of range and habitat for nearly 450 species. For those species that have been studied in the field or in captivity, additional notes on natural history are included. For the larger taxa, field keys to help to identify the specimens. Range maps, line drawings, and color plates supplement the text, further aiding identification.
Throughout the book, Eisenberg provides a larger context for the species descriptions. He comments on the diversity of forms within each order, places the Neotropical species in a worldwide geographical perspective, and reviews taxonomic questions and controversies. At the end of each chapter, an extensive bibliography directs readers to related articles on systematics, behavior, ecology, and evolution. Eisenberg concludes with chapters on speciation events and mammalian community ecology.
No comparable account of South and Central American mammals has ever been published in any language. This volume of Mammals of the Neotropics and the forthcoming companion volumes will be an invaluable reference for students and professionals and will help further the research that is so vital to conservation efforts.
Author: John F. Eisenberg
Paperback: 550 pages
Company: University Of Chicago Press (1989-05-15)
ISBN: 0226195406
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Oroonoko: Or, the Royal Slave
An influential seventeenth-century fable, by a pathbreaking woman writer, about the fall of a black prince. The first woman in England to make her living by writing, Aphra Behn (1640-1689) combines memoir, exotic travel narrative, and romance to tell the story of the noble Oroonoko, a black man who begins life as a prince and ends it as a slave. The tale depicts the overthrow of a hero by a civilization that considers itself superior to him. Taken up by reformers in the long battle against the slave trade, reprinted and imitated countless times, Oroonoko remains a popular tale that introduces powerful themes onto the literary stage.
Author: Aphra Behn, Joanna Lipking
Paperback: 78 pages
Company: W. W. Norton & Company (1997-05)
ISBN: 0393312054
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The Search for Poison-Dart Frogs (Wildlife Conservation Society Books)
Author: Ron Fridell
Paperback: 48 pages
Company: Franklin Watts (2002-03)
ISBN: 0531165701
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Have Gun Will Travel
Karl Penta is a tough, wiry Liverpudlian with a Scouser’s natural dark humor. He has served in many of the world’s hotspots: Lebanon, Sri Lanka, and Kosovo. It was while in Sri Lanka that he saw an advertisement for ex-military personnel to work abroad. Soon Penta found himself in Surinam. His brief: to bring down the government. Within weeks, the government was on its knees. The twists and turns of this operation are still going on, but Penta feels it is now safe to tell the whole story in this book.
Author: Karl Penta
Paperback: 319 pages
Company: John Blake (2003-05-01)
ISBN: 1904034500
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