An intimate rebuke: female genital power in ritual and politics in West Africa
Home and the unhomely: the foundational nature of female genital power -- Genies, witches, and women: locating female powers -- Matrifocal morality: FGP and the foundation of "home" -- Gender and resistance: the "strategic essentialism" of FGP -- Worldliness: FGP in the making of...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Verfügbarkeit prüfen: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Durham London
Duke University Press
2018
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| In: | Jahr: 2018 |
| Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Elfenbeinküste
/ Frau
/ Religionsethnologie
/ Politik
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| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Older women
Political activity
Côte d'Ivoire
B Côte d'Ivoire Religion B Generative organs, Female Religious aspects B Generative organs, Female Political aspects Côte d'Ivoire B Generative organs, Female Symbolic aspects Côte d'Ivoire B Older women Religious life Côte d'Ivoire |
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| Parallele Ausgabe: | Nicht-Elektronisch
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| Zusammenfassung: | Home and the unhomely: the foundational nature of female genital power -- Genies, witches, and women: locating female powers -- Matrifocal morality: FGP and the foundation of "home" -- Gender and resistance: the "strategic essentialism" of FGP -- Worldliness: FGP in the making of ethnicity, alliance, and war in Côte d'Ivoire-- Founding knowledge/binding power: the moral foundations of ethnicity and Alliance -- Women at the checkpoint: challenging the forces of civil war -- Timeliness: urgent situations and emergent critiques -- Violation and deployment: FGP in politics in Côte d'Ivoire-- Memory, memorialization, and morality -- Conclusion. an intimate rebuke: a local critique in the global postcolony |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physische Details: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 284 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4780-0263-5 |
