An Ordinary Landscape of Violence – Women Loving Women in Guyana Kumar Hardback

An Ordinary Landscape of ViolenceWomen Loving Women in Guyana\nAuthor(s): Preity R. Kumar\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9781978819054, 978-1978819054\nSynopsis\nAn Ordinary Landscape of Violence: Women Loving Women in Guyanatells a new history of queer women in postcolonial Guyana. While the country has experienced a rise in queer activism, especially toward human rights efforts, members of the Guyanese queer community have also been victims of extreme violence. This book asks how a hetero-patriarchal state shapes queer and \""women-lovin womens\"" experiences, and how such women navigateracialized, sexualized, and homophobic violence. With a unique focus on the lives of queer women in Guyana,it reveals their manifold experiences of violence, explores regional differences, and shows their complicated understanding of what exactly constitutes rights and the limitations of those rights in their [url] act.