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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gatwiri, Kathomi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:
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