Gloria Daisy Wekker (born June 13, 1950) is an Afro-Surinamese Dutch emeritus professor (Utrecht University) and writer who has focused on gender studies and sexuality in the Afro-Caribbean region and diaspora. She was the winner of the Ruth Benedict Prize from the American Anthropological Association in 2007.
Gloria Wekker was born in 1950 in Paramaribo, Suriname. Her family migrated to the Netherlands when she was a one year old infant and lived in a neighborhood in Amsterdam that had formerly been predominantly Jewish prior to WWI. [2][3] She returned to Amsterdam in the 1970s and became active in the Afro-European Women’s Movement.[4] Wekker earned a master's degree in cultural anthropology[3] from the University of Amsterdam in 1981 and began her career working in various governmental agencies in Amsterdam, such as the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Culture on Ethnic Minorities' Affairs and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. In 1984, she became a founding member of "Sister Outsider", an Amsterdam-based, literary circle for lesbian black women named after the work by Audre Lorde. In 1987, she served as a Policy Associate in the Office for the Coordination of Ethnic Minorities' Affairs.[4]
In 1992, Wekker earned her doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles with a thesis on the sexuality and subjectivity of Afro-Surinamese women. In 2001, she was appointed to the Aletta-chair of the Department of Women's Studies at the Utrecht University.[3][5][6] Her work focuses on the intersections of colonialism, racism, white privilege, feminist theory, lesbian theory and women in the Caribbean.[2][7] Her work has earned her the title of "Holland’s Angela Davis"[8] as she has forced the Dutch to examine their alleged ingrained stereotypes and attitudes towards racism and patriarchy.[9] She has led debate which questioned the racist nature of such iconic images in Dutch tradition as Sinterklaas (Santa Claus)'s helpers as blackfacegolliwogs known as Zwarte Piet (Black Pete),[8][10] as well as the imagery of what constitutes beauty.[11]
Wekker was nominated in 2004 for the Dutch Scientific Research Council's "Triomfprijs" (Triumph prize).[4] In 2006, her book The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora won critical praise[12] and was awarded with the 2007 Ruth Benedict Prize from the American Anthropological Association.[5][13] Wekker gave the 2009 Mosse Lecture, titled Van Homo Nostalgie en betere tijden. Multiculturaliteit en postkolonialiteit (On Gay Nostalgia and better times. Multiculturalism and postcolonialism).[14][15] In 2011, she began a sabbatical to work at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies on a research project,[4] which resulted in the publication in 2016 of White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race.[2] In this book, Wekker utilizes a scavenger methodology by "work[ing] with interviews, watching TV and reading novels, analyzing email correspondence..." in order to develop a clear understanding of the Dutchcultural archive. Because of her work with both sociology and policy, Wekker led an international committee which was appointed at the University of Amsterdam in 2015 to increase diversity at the university.[16] The committee published their findings in the report Let's do diversity in 2016.[17]
Selected worksedit
Wekker, Gloria (1986). Oog in oog: over het werk van Audre Lorde (in Dutch). Utrecht, The Netherlands: Savannah Bay.
Wekker, Gloria; Wekker, Herman (1990). 'Coming in from the cold': linguistic and socio-cultural aspects of the translation of Black English Vernacular literary texts into Surinamese Dutch (in Dutch). Leiden, The Netherlands: Vakgroep Engels.
Wekker, Gloria (1992). "I am gold money": (I pass through all hands, but I do not lose my value): the construction of selves, gender and sexualities in a female working class, Afro-Surinamese setting (Ph.D.). University of California, Los Angeles.
Wekker, Gloria (1994). Ik ben een gouden munt, ik ga door vele handen, maar verlies mijn waarde niet: subjectiviteit en seksualiteit van Creoolse volksklasse vrouwen in Paramaribo (in Dutch). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: VITA.
Wekker, Gloria (1997). "One finger does not drink okra soup: Afro-Surinamese women and critical agency". Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures. New York, NY: Routledge: 330–352.
Wekker, Gloria (2001). "Mati-ism and black lesbianism: two idealtypical expressions of female homosexuality in black communities of the diaspora". In Constantine-Simms, Delroy (ed.). The Greatest Taboo: Homosexuality in Black Communities. Los Angeles, California: Alyson Books. pp. 149–162. ISBN978-1-55583-564-4.
Wekker, Gloria (2002). Nesten bouwen op een winderige plek : denken over gender en etniciteit in Nederland (in Dutch). Utrecht, The Netherlands: Universiteit Utrecht, Faculteit der Letteren. ISBN978-907-6-91223-3.
Wekker, Gloria (2001). Of mimic men and unruly women: exploring sexuality and gender in Surinamese family systems. Cave Hill, Barbados: University of the West Indies.
Wekker, Gloria (2006). The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora. New York, New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN978-0-231-13162-9.
Wekker, Gloria (2009). "Afro-Surinamese women's sexual culture and the long shadows of the past". In Barrow, Christine; Bruin, Marjan de; Carr, Robert (eds.). Sexuality, Social Exclusion & Human Rights: Vulnerability in the Caribbean Context of HIV. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers. pp. 192–214. ISBN978-976-637-395-5.
Wekker, Gloria (2016). White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race. Duke University Press. doi:10.1215/9780822374565. ISBN9780822374565. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
Referencesedit
^"The black Dutch feminist taking the fight against right-wing extremism to the ballot box". 14 March 2017.
^ abcWekker, Gloria (2016). White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race. Duke University Press. doi:10.1215/9780822374565. ISBN9780822374565. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
^ abc (in Dutch). Paramaribo, Suriname: Surinam Stars. 2005. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ abcdPesole, Betta (2011). . Encyclopedia of Afro-European Studies. Universidad de León, León, Spain. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ab"9th Annual Summer School on Black Europe". Dialogo Global. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^"Gloria Wekker". St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago: The University of the West Indies. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ abNeilson, Zoe (7 December 2014). "For Pete's sake". The Voice. London, England. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^Wekker, Gloria (23 October 2014). "Acht wetenschappelijk onderbouwde argumenten tegen Zwarte Piet". De Wereld Morgen (in Dutch). Antwerp, Belgium.
^ten Broeke, Asha (11 November 2014). "Zwarte Piet". UT Nieuws. University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^Julen, Jeannine (17 November 2013). "'Kroes gaan' is een hele stap" (in Dutch). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: de Verdieping Trouw. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^Miller-Young, Mireille (April 2008). "Book review: Gloria Wekker, The Politics of Passion: Women's Sexual Culture in the Afro-Surinamese Diaspora". Feminist Theory. Sage Publications. 9 (1): 119–120. doi:10.1177/14647001080090010702. S2CID 144313219.
^"Gloria Wekker". Utrecht, the Netherlands: Colofon Utrecht University. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^Wekker, Gloria (16 September 2009). "Van Homo Nostalgie en betere tijden. Multiculturaliteit en postkolonialiteit" [On Gay Nostalgia and Better Times. Multiculturalism and Postcolonialism] (PDF) (in Dutch). Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^"Westerveld gaat UvA democratiseren ("[Lisa] Westerveld will democratize Amsterdam University")". Science Guide (in Dutch). Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^"Diversity Committee presents final report 'Let's do diversity'". University of Amsterdam. 12 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
Sourcesedit
Batra, Kanika (13 April 2011). Feminist Visions and Queer Futures in Postcolonial Drama: Community, Kinship, and Citizenship. Routledge. ISBN978-1-136-88754-3.
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Gloria Daisy Wekker born June 13 1950 is an Afro Surinamese Dutch emeritus professor Utrecht University and writer who has focused on gender studies and sexuality in the Afro Caribbean region and diaspora She was the winner of the Ruth Benedict Prize from the American Anthropological Association in 2007 Gloria WekkerWekker 2016 Born 1950 06 13 June 13 1950 age 73 Paramaribo SurinameNationalitySurinamese DutchOccupation s educator writerYears active1981 presentKnown forCritical race theory 1 Afro Caribbean and gender studiesNotable workThe Politics of Passion White Innocence Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected works 3 References 4 SourcesBiography editGloria Wekker was born in 1950 in Paramaribo Suriname Her family migrated to the Netherlands when she was a one year old infant and lived in a neighborhood in Amsterdam that had formerly been predominantly Jewish prior to WWI 2 3 She returned to Amsterdam in the 1970s and became active in the Afro European Women s Movement 4 Wekker earned a master s degree in cultural anthropology 3 from the University of Amsterdam in 1981 and began her career working in various governmental agencies in Amsterdam such as the Ministry of Health Welfare and Culture on Ethnic Minorities Affairs and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment In 1984 she became a founding member of Sister Outsider an Amsterdam based literary circle for lesbian black women named after the work by Audre Lorde In 1987 she served as a Policy Associate in the Office for the Coordination of Ethnic Minorities Affairs 4 In 1992 Wekker earned her doctorate at the University of California Los Angeles with a thesis on the sexuality and subjectivity of Afro Surinamese women In 2001 she was appointed to the Aletta chair of the Department of Women s Studies at the Utrecht University 3 5 6 Her work focuses on the intersections of colonialism racism white privilege feminist theory lesbian theory and women in the Caribbean 2 7 Her work has earned her the title of Holland s Angela Davis 8 as she has forced the Dutch to examine their alleged ingrained stereotypes and attitudes towards racism and patriarchy 9 She has led debate which questioned the racist nature of such iconic images in Dutch tradition as Sinterklaas Santa Claus s helpers as blackface golliwogs known as Zwarte Piet Black Pete 8 10 as well as the imagery of what constitutes beauty 11 Wekker was nominated in 2004 for the Dutch Scientific Research Council s Triomfprijs Triumph prize 4 In 2006 her book The Politics of Passion Women s Sexual Culture in the Afro Surinamese Diaspora won critical praise 12 and was awarded with the 2007 Ruth Benedict Prize from the American Anthropological Association 5 13 Wekker gave the 2009 Mosse Lecture titled Van Homo Nostalgie en betere tijden Multiculturaliteit en postkolonialiteit On Gay Nostalgia and better times Multiculturalism and postcolonialism 14 15 In 2011 she began a sabbatical to work at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies on a research project 4 which resulted in the publication in 2016 of White Innocence Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race 2 In this book Wekker utilizes a scavenger methodology by work ing with interviews watching TV and reading novels analyzing email correspondence in order to develop a clear understanding of the Dutch cultural archive Because of her work with both sociology and policy Wekker led an international committee which was appointed at the University of Amsterdam in 2015 to increase diversity at the university 16 The committee published their findings in the report Let s do diversity in 2016 17 Selected works editWekker Gloria 1986 Oog in oog over het werk van Audre Lorde in Dutch Utrecht The Netherlands Savannah Bay Wekker Gloria Wekker Herman 1990 Coming in from the cold linguistic and socio cultural aspects of the translation of Black English Vernacular literary texts into Surinamese Dutch in Dutch Leiden The Netherlands Vakgroep Engels Wekker Gloria 1992 I am gold money I pass through all hands but I do not lose my value the construction of selves gender and sexualities in a female working class Afro Surinamese setting Ph D University of California Los Angeles Wekker Gloria 1994 Ik ben een gouden munt ik ga door vele handen maar verlies mijn waarde niet subjectiviteit en seksualiteit van Creoolse volksklasse vrouwen in Paramaribo in Dutch Amsterdam the Netherlands VITA Wekker Gloria 1997 One finger does not drink okra soup Afro Surinamese women and critical agency Feminist Genealogies Colonial Legacies Democratic Futures New York NY Routledge 330 352 Wekker Gloria 1998 Thamyris Feminist Genealogies Colonial Legacies Democratic Futures Leiden The Netherlands Brill Publishers 5 1 105 129 Wekker Gloria 2001 Mati ism and black lesbianism two idealtypical expressions of female homosexuality in black communities of the diaspora In Constantine Simms Delroy ed The Greatest Taboo Homosexuality in Black Communities Los Angeles California Alyson Books pp 149 162 ISBN 978 1 55583 564 4 Wekker Gloria 2002 Nesten bouwen op een winderige plek denken over gender en etniciteit in Nederland in Dutch Utrecht The Netherlands Universiteit Utrecht Faculteit der Letteren ISBN 978 907 6 91223 3 Wekker Gloria 2001 Of mimic men and unruly women exploring sexuality and gender in Surinamese family systems Cave Hill Barbados University of the West Indies Wekker Gloria 2006 The Politics of Passion Women s Sexual Culture in the Afro Surinamese Diaspora New York New York Columbia University Press ISBN 978 0 231 13162 9 Wekker Gloria 2009 Afro Surinamese women s sexual culture and the long shadows of the past In Barrow Christine Bruin Marjan de Carr Robert eds Sexuality Social Exclusion amp Human Rights Vulnerability in the Caribbean Context of HIV Kingston Jamaica Ian Randle Publishers pp 192 214 ISBN 978 976 637 395 5 Wekker Gloria 2016 White Innocence Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race Duke University Press doi 10 1215 9780822374565 ISBN 9780822374565 Retrieved 16 November 2022 References edit The black Dutch feminist taking the fight against right wing extremism to the ballot box 14 March 2017 a b c Wekker Gloria 2016 White Innocence Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race Duke University Press doi 10 1215 9780822374565 ISBN 9780822374565 Retrieved 16 November 2022 a b c Gloria Wekker in Dutch Paramaribo Suriname Surinam Stars 2005 Archived from the original on 9 February 2017 Retrieved 10 February 2016 a b c d Pesole Betta 2011 Gloria Wekker Encyclopedia of Afro European Studies Universidad de Leon Leon Spain Archived from the original on 2 June 2016 Retrieved 10 February 2016 a href Template Cite encyclopedia html title Template Cite encyclopedia cite encyclopedia a CS1 maint location missing publisher link a b 9th Annual Summer School on Black Europe Dialogo Global Retrieved 10 February 2016 Gloria Wekker St Augustine Trinidad and Tobago The University of the West Indies Retrieved 11 February 2016 Batra 2011 p 155 a b Neilson Zoe 7 December 2014 For Pete s sake The Voice London England Retrieved 11 February 2016 Wekker Gloria 23 October 2014 Acht wetenschappelijk onderbouwde argumenten tegen Zwarte Piet De Wereld Morgen in Dutch Antwerp Belgium ten Broeke Asha 11 November 2014 Zwarte Piet UT Nieuws University of Twente Enschede Netherlands Retrieved 11 February 2016 Julen Jeannine 17 November 2013 Kroes gaan is een hele stap in Dutch Amsterdam the Netherlands de Verdieping Trouw Retrieved 11 February 2016 Miller Young Mireille April 2008 Book review Gloria Wekker The Politics of Passion Women s Sexual Culture in the Afro Surinamese Diaspora Feminist Theory Sage Publications 9 1 119 120 doi 10 1177 14647001080090010702 S2CID 144313219 Gloria Wekker Utrecht the Netherlands Colofon Utrecht University Retrieved 10 February 2016 Wekker Gloria 16 September 2009 Van Homo Nostalgie en betere tijden Multiculturaliteit en postkolonialiteit On Gay Nostalgia and Better Times Multiculturalism and Postcolonialism PDF in Dutch Utrecht University Retrieved 6 February 2019 Bowen John R Bertossi Christophe Duyvendak Jan Willem Krook Mona Lena eds 2014 European States and Their Muslim Citizens The Impact of Institutions on Perceptions and Boundaries Cambridge University Press p 255 ISBN 978 1 107 03864 6 Westerveld gaat UvA democratiseren Lisa Westerveld will democratize Amsterdam University Science Guide in Dutch Amsterdam the Netherlands 19 November 2015 Retrieved 11 February 2016 Diversity Committee presents final report Let s do diversity University of Amsterdam 12 October 2016 Retrieved 8 August 2021 Sources editBatra Kanika 13 April 2011 Feminist Visions and Queer Futures in Postcolonial Drama Community Kinship and Citizenship Routledge ISBN 978 1 136 88754 3 Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno Traiectinae Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gloria Wekker amp oldid 1176811004, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
