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AEGIS European Conference on African Studies
11 - 14 July 2007
African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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What's love got to do with it? The intimate relationships of Dakarois girls.
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64. Sexualities in Africa
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| Paper ID | 668 |
| Author(s) |
Eerdewijk, Anouka van
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No paper submitted
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| Abstract | This paper investigates the role that love and money play in the intimate relationships of unmarried girls in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. Love carries multiple meanings for these girls. It has to do with feelings and ideas about exclusivity and reciprocity. Moreover, it is also an expression of individuality and modernity in relation to parents and relatives. Given the gendered importance of friendship and marriage, girls have high expectations of love, that are not easily met in their daily lives. Ideally, love does not go with material interests in intimate relationships, but in reality the connection between love and money is far more complex and ambiguous. This paper attempts to shed light on these discrepancies and ambiguities around love and money in the intimate relationships of unmarried Dakarois girls. |
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