Religious Sensibilities in Pursuit of Sexual Well-Being

Download or read book Religious Sensibilities in Pursuit of Sexual Well-Being written by Amisah Zenabu Bakuri and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2024-05-03 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.