African Womanhood and Incontinent Bodies Kenyan Women with Vaginal Fistulas /

This book reveals the structures of poverty, power, patriarchy and imperialistic health policies that underpin what the World Health Organization calls the "hidden disease" of vaginal fistulas in Africa. By employing critical feminist and post-colonial perspectives, it shows how "leak...

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Detaylı Bibliyografya
Yazar: Gatwiri, Kathomi (Yazar)
Müşterek Yazar: SpringerLink (Online service)
Materyal Türü: e-Kitap
Dil:İngilizce
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edisyon:1st ed. 2019.
Konular:
Human body > Social aspects.
Sex.
Gynecology .
Feminism.
Feminist theory.
Ethnology > Africa.
Culture.
Sociology of the Body.
Gender Studies.
Gynecology.
Feminism and Feminist Theory.
African Culture.
Online Erişim:Full-text access
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İçindekiler:
  • Exploring African Feminisms: Context, Positioning, and Making the Personal Political
  • Two: The Problem of Vaginal Fistulas: Dimensions and Trends
  • African Women, Gender, Health, and Sexuality: Theoretical Considerations
  • Vaginal Fistulas and Structural Disadvantage
  • Rationalising Fistulas: A Cultural Influence and Response
  • Flawed Bodies, Blackness, and Incontinence
  • Recreating African Womanhood and Rewriting Our Stories: Bringing the Narratives to a Close
  • References
  • Index.

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