Religious Sensibilities in Pursuit of Sexual Well-being - African Diasporic Communities in the Netherlands

The self-identifying Ghanaian-Dutch and Somali-Dutch communities residing in the Randstad area of the Netherlands are deeply impacted by religious beliefs and cultural factors in their approach towards sexual health practices, well-being and pleasure. This book shows how religious sensibilities shape the physical activities, beauty practices, and gendered roles that are adopted into the daily lives of these communities in pursuit of their sexual and general well-being. Through an ethnographic account, it explores and challenges the assumptions held around the complex relationship between religion and sexuality.

About the author

Amisah Zenabu Bakuri is a research associate at the Faculty of Religion and Theology, Beliefs and Practices, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Before this, she worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.

Product details

• Authors: Amisah Bakuri, Amisah Zenabu Bakuri
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.05.2024
• EAN: 9781805394976
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-497-6
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social issues & processes, Social and cultural anthropology, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Sexual Behaviour, Social groups: religious groups and communities