"Small houses": disruptions or re-ordering sexuality in Zimbabwe?
The article analyses the Zimbabwean phenomenon of small houses in order to determine whether or not involvement in such sexual arrangements liberate women. It analyses the level of subversion or disruption to sexual power caused by these relationships, and it documents the challenges these women enc...
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| description | The article analyses the Zimbabwean phenomenon of small houses in order to determine whether or not involvement in such sexual arrangements liberate women. It analyses the level of subversion or disruption to sexual power caused by these relationships, and it documents the challenges these women encounter. In the course of the examination, it illuminates the reasons women opt for this type of relationship as well as the peculiar issues of ambivalence, conflicts, frustration, and agency they face within them. By raising questions about agency for small houses, the study simultaneously raises questions about attitudes towards sexuality and sexual desires that are held by small houses, visiting married men, and wives. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-12582022-06-27T13:49:06Z "Small houses": disruptions or re-ordering sexuality in Zimbabwe? Hungwe, Chipo Small House; Sexuality; Agency; Femininity, Masculinity Ambivalence; Respectability The article analyses the Zimbabwean phenomenon of small houses in order to determine whether or not involvement in such sexual arrangements liberate women. It analyses the level of subversion or disruption to sexual power caused by these relationships, and it documents the challenges these women encounter. In the course of the examination, it illuminates the reasons women opt for this type of relationship as well as the peculiar issues of ambivalence, conflicts, frustration, and agency they face within them. By raising questions about agency for small houses, the study simultaneously raises questions about attitudes towards sexuality and sexual desires that are held by small houses, visiting married men, and wives. 2016-05-08T12:14:05Z 2016-05-08T12:14:05Z 2011 Article 1530-5686 http://www.africaknowledgeproject.org/index.php/jenda/article/view/636 en JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies;Vol. 19; p. 59-69 none Africa Resource Center |
| spellingShingle | Small House; Sexuality; Agency; Femininity, Masculinity Ambivalence; Respectability Hungwe, Chipo "Small houses": disruptions or re-ordering sexuality in Zimbabwe? |
| title | "Small houses": disruptions or re-ordering sexuality in Zimbabwe? |
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| title_short | "Small houses": disruptions or re-ordering sexuality in Zimbabwe? |
| title_sort | "small houses": disruptions or re-ordering sexuality in zimbabwe? |
| topic | Small House; Sexuality; Agency; Femininity, Masculinity Ambivalence; Respectability |
| url | http://www.africaknowledgeproject.org/index.php/jenda/article/view/636 |
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