Oratie. De opdracht van 'vegetarische oudtante'. Beschouwingen over de gender- en seksuele veelvoudigheid en cultuur

Samenvatting

Women’s samesex relations have been the topic of individual studies and some anthologies but they have as yet not been systematically studied. In this inaugural the focus is on institutionalised women’s samesex relations, such as the Chinese anti-marriage sisterhoods, the African women marriages and urban b/f communities. How come that in some societies women whose relationships are usually abjected can become centre stage? What are the cultural epistemes that make such relations understood?