Contesting Respectability and Sexual Politics in Post-Emancipation CuraÃ§ao

Rose Mary Allen

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Chapter 26 Contesting Respectability and Sexual Politics in Post-Emancipation CuraÃ§ao

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Pages:: 335â348

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004690882_028

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This contribution explores the historically specific manifestations of sexuality that have culturally defined or challenged popular conceptions of gender in CuraÃ§ao. It attempts to find out in which ways colonial cultural institutional policies helped to shape the gender attitudes and behaviors of black working-class men and women in CuraÃ§ao after the abolition of slavery in 1863. It also looks at how this specific group replicated and contested these impositions on their lives. Central to this contribution is the concept of respectability, expressed in Papiamento as hende drechi (respectable people). Abiding to the norm of respectability meant a better chance of socioeconomic progress when compared to that of people who challenged it.

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Handbook of Gender Studies in the Dutch Caribbean

Series:Â Handbooks in Caribbean Studies, Volume: 01

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004690882

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 15 Apr 2024

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