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1 online resource |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1. 'Fashionable Strategies': Travels in Gender and Sexuality Studies; Sexualities Research 'in the West'?; Contemporary Writing on Gender and Sexualities Within African Contexts; Bringing it Home; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2. Exploring the Contours of African Sexualities: Religion, Law and Power; Introduction: Linking Religion, Culture, Law and Sexuality; Law, Culture and Religion Viewed through the Lens of Power; The Sexual Citizen: Between Desire and the Law |
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Out of the Margins: Challenging Structures of Sexual OppressionConclusion: African Religion and Sexualities -- Toward a Sociolegal Reconstruction; Notes; 3. The Power of Pleasure: Re-conceptualising Sexualities; Framing Alternative Approaches to Analysis of Female Sexualities; Epistemic Ruptures in Thinking about Gender; Female Initiation Rituals in Northern Mozambique; Preparations of the Erotic Body; Body Tattoos/Scarifications; Hip Belts of Glass Beads -- Missangas; Elongated Labia; Labia Elongation, Sexual Self-confidence and Categorisations; Erotic Movements; Conclusion; Notes; References |
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4. Rethinking Sex and Secrecy in Precolonial African History: A Focus on KenyaIntroduction; Theorising Sex and Secrecy; Kenya and 'Sexuality' under Colonial Anthropology; Conclusion; References; 5. The 'G-String' as a Space for Sexual and Political Imagination: Rethinking Discourses of Youth, Power and Globalisation in Kenya; Introduction; The Voice of the 'G-String' as 'African Clothing'; Notes; References; 6. 'Daddy, Today we have a Match! 'Women's Agentic Strategies in Initiating Sexual Intercourse in an Urban Ghanaian Community; Introduction; Methodology; Data Analysis; Results |
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DiscussionReferences; 7. Construction of Social Identity in the Erotic Juju Song-poetry of Saint Janet; Introduction; Reflections on Erotic Music; Strategies of Representation of Identity and Sexual Diversity; Agency and the Contradiction of the Yoruba Society; Conclusion; References; Nigerian Newspapers; 8. Language, Sex and Power Relations: An Analysis of Shona Sexual Expressions; Introduction; Approach to the Study; Uncovering the Connections between Shona Language; Bibliography; 9. Feminism: How Women in Uganda are Shaping the Way we Think about Sex and Politics; Introduction |
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Framing the DebateResearch Methods; Women, Sex and Politics in Uganda; Emplacing Trends in Historical Perspective; Feminist Achievements into the Late 2000s; The Contemporary Spectrum -- Resistance and Resignation; What the Women Say; Conclusion; References; 10. HIV-Positive Women 'Virgins': The Complexities of Discourse on Issues of Sex and Sexuality in Zimbabwe; Introduction; HIV-Positive Women Virgins and the Discourse of 'Othering'; Discourses on Sex and Sexuality in Zimbabwe: The Challenges; HIV-Positive Virgins, Sex and Sexuality: The Dilemma |
| Summary |
This collection comprises a diverse and stimulating collection of essays on questions of gender and sexualities, crafted by both established and younger researchers. The collection includes fascinating insights into topics as varied as the popularity of thong underwear in urban Kenya, the complexity of Tanzanian youth's negotiation of HIV-cultures, the dialogues between religion and controversial questions in sexualities activism, and the meaning of living as a Zimbabwean girl, who became HIV-positive because her mother had no access to antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy. Some pieces deepen contemporary debates, others initiate new questions. The collection seeks to sustain and invigorate research, policy-making and continentally-focused thought on difficult, yet compelling, realities |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Gender identity -- Africa
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Sex role -- Africa
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Sex -- Africa
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Sexual health -- Africa
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Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gender Studies.
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Gender identity
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Sex
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Sex role
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Sexual health
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Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
2869787359 |
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9782869787353 |
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