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  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Queer Studies
  • Postcolonial Studies

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  • Heteropatriarchal intimate commitments often fail to align with bodily experiences and desires.
  • Existing frameworks struggle to account for the complexities of non-normative relationalities within restrictive social structures.
  • The postcolonial context of Ghana presents a unique setting for examining these dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and explore the concept of Sasso relationality.
  • To analyze how spontaneous desires and pleasures emerge within heteronormative Ghanaian contexts.
  • To challenge rigid boundaries between normativity and nonnormativity in theorizing queer relationalities.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizes autoethnographic narratives to examine lived experiences.
  • Explores Sasso worldmaking within the postcolonial Ghanaian context.
  • Focuses on qualitative analysis of relational modes and desires.

Main Results:

  • Sasso relationality provides a framework for understanding failed heteropatriarchal commitments.
  • Identifies specific modes of relating that allow for desire and pleasure in heteronormative spaces.
  • Demonstrates how Sasso relationality blurs the dichotomy between normative and non-normative relationships.

Conclusions:

  • Sasso relationality offers a nuanced understanding of queer experiences in Ghana.
  • Challenges Western-centric notions of sexuality and queerness.
  • Encourages a re-evaluation of what constitutes queerness within diverse cultural contexts.