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Names: Dankwa, Serena Owusua, 1975– author.
Title: Knowing women : same-sex intimacy, gender, and identity in postcolonial Ghana / Serena Owusua Dankwa, Universität Bern, Switzerland.
Description: 1 Edition. | New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021. | Series: African identities: past and present | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020025740 (print) | LCCN 2020025741 (ebook) | ISBN 9781108495905 (hardback) | ISBN 9781108811026 (paperback) | ISBN 9781108863575 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Lesbianism – Ghana – History. | Lesbians – Ghana – Social life and customs. | Interpersonal relations – Ghana. | Gender identity – Ghana.
Classification: LCC HQ75.6.G4 D36 2021 (print) | LCC HQ75.6.G4 (ebook) | DDC 306.76/6309667–dc23
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