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Undesirable Practices

- Women, Children, and the Politics of the Body in Northern Ghana, 1930–1972
Af: Jessica Cammaert Engelsk Hardback

Undesirable Practices

- Women, Children, and the Politics of the Body in Northern Ghana, 1930–1972
Af: Jessica Cammaert Engelsk Hardback
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Undesirable Practices examines both the intended and the unintended consequences of “imperial feminism” and British colonial interventions in “undesirable” cultural practices in northern Ghana. Jessica Cammaert addresses the state management of social practices such as female circumcision, nudity, prostitution, and “illicit” adoption as well as the hesitation to impose severe punishments for the slave dealing of females, particularly female children. She examines the gendered power relations and colonial attitudes that targeted women and children spanning pre- and postcolonial periods, the early postindependence years, and post-Nkrumah policies. In particular, Cammaert examines the limits of the male colonial gaze and argues that the power lay not in the gaze itself but in the act of “looking away,” a calculated aversion of attention intended to maintain the tribal community and retain control over the movement, sexuality, and labor of women and children.

With its examination of broader time periods and topics and its complex analytical arguments, Undesirable Practices makes a valuable contribution to literature in African studies, contemporary advocacy discourse, women and gender studies, and critical postcolonial studies.
 
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Undesirable Practices examines both the intended and the unintended consequences of “imperial feminism” and British colonial interventions in “undesirable” cultural practices in northern Ghana. Jessica Cammaert addresses the state management of social practices such as female circumcision, nudity, prostitution, and “illicit” adoption as well as the hesitation to impose severe punishments for the slave dealing of females, particularly female children. She examines the gendered power relations and colonial attitudes that targeted women and children spanning pre- and postcolonial periods, the early postindependence years, and post-Nkrumah policies. In particular, Cammaert examines the limits of the male colonial gaze and argues that the power lay not in the gaze itself but in the act of “looking away,” a calculated aversion of attention intended to maintain the tribal community and retain control over the movement, sexuality, and labor of women and children.

With its examination of broader time periods and topics and its complex analytical arguments, Undesirable Practices makes a valuable contribution to literature in African studies, contemporary advocacy discourse, women and gender studies, and critical postcolonial studies.
 
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 306
ISBN-13: 9780803286801
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0803286805
Kategori: Kønsstudier: kvinder og piger
Udg. Dato: 1 jul 2016
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: University of Nebraska Press
Oplagsdato: 1 jul 2016
Forfatter(e): Jessica Cammaert
Forfatter(e) Jessica Cammaert

Kategori Kønsstudier: kvinder og piger

ISBN-13 9780803286801

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 306

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 1 jul 2016

Oplagsdato 1 jul 2016

Forlag University of Nebraska Press