Women's Studies 2250E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: African Diaspora, Trans Woman

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2250E
• Professor: n/a

Document Summary

Despite anthropology"s long engagement with studies about sexual practices, behaviors, and identities from around the globe, same-sex sexuality in the african diaspora, particularly black female same-sex sexuality, continues to be an understudied topic in the discipline. This dearth of research about black women in same-sex relationships is noteworthy not because this is a population that (cid:498)deserves(cid:499) or (cid:498)merits(cid:499) the anthropological gaze as a consequence of its mere existence. )n particular, ) will focus on the experiences of practitioners in the que to nation, the largest of the three major sects within candomble . Unlike the majority of studies about this religion and same- sex sexuality, i will emphasize female same-sex sexuality, and how women who engage in lesbian relationships navigate this religion. Candomble . entendidas occupy an interstitial space within the religion; their interstitiality is a manifestation of their forced status of invisibility in brazilian society.