Unseen flesh : gynecology and black queer worth-making in Brazil /

"Unseen Flesh explores how Black lesbians in Brazil understand, navigate, and define their well-being and worth against racial, sexual, class, and gender-based prejudice. Nessette Falu analyzes the racist and heteronormative underpinnings of gynecology, and demonstrates how gynecology erases Bl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Falu, Nessette, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Temas:
Lesbians, Black > Medical care > Brazil.
Gynecology > Brazil.
Gynecology > Psychological aspects.
Sexual minorities, Black > Brazil > Social conditions.
Gender identity > Brazil.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ Studies / Lesbian Studies.
Gender identity.
Gynecology.
LGBTQ+ people
Brazil.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Unseen Flesh explores how Black lesbians in Brazil understand, navigate, and define their well-being and worth against racial, sexual, class, and gender-based prejudice. Nessette Falu analyzes the racist and heteronormative underpinnings of gynecology, and demonstrates how gynecology erases Black lesbian subjecthood through mental, emotional, and physical traumas. Drawing on ethnographic work with Black lesbian informants, Falu documents how Black lesbians resist erasure by asserting their worth and "bem-estar Negra" within and against gynecology's intimate violence"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 201 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781478027157
1478027150

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