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 “leaking black femal...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Singapore
Springer Nature Singapore
2019, 2019
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2019 |
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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