Violence and Desire in Brazilian Lesbian Relationships
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Violence and Desire in Brazilian Lesbian Relationships

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Violence and Desire in Brazilian Lesbian Relationships

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In Violence and Desire in Brazilian Lesbian Relationships, Allen examines the lives of Brazilian women in same-sex relationships. This examination contributes to interdisciplinary discussions of female same-sex sexuality, violence, race, and citizenship. Using fifteen months of ethnographic fieldwork, primarily with Afro-Brazilian women in the city of Salvador da Bahia, Allen argues that Brazilian lesbian women reject Brazilian cultural norms that encourage male domination and female submission through their engagement in romantic relationships with each other. At the same time Allen claims lesbian women also reproduce Brazilian cultural ideals that associate passion, intensity, and power with physical dominance through their engagement in infidelity and intimate partner violence. The book demonstrates that lesbian women are nonetheless marginalized as Brazilian citizens through widespread social and political invisibility despite these apparent displays of masculinized power.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
ISBN
9781137489845
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Gender Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedicate
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction: “We Are Phantasms”: Lesbian and Entendida Women in Brazil
  10. 1 Life in Brazil, Life in Salvador
  11. 2 City of Invisible Women
  12. 3 Phantasmal Sexualities and Erotic Embodiment
  13. 4 Violence, Passion, and Power: A Love Story
  14. 5 Intimate Partner Violence, Government Intervention, and Civil Society
  15. Conclusion: At the Gates of Nineveh
  16. Glossary
  17. Notes
  18. References
  19. Index