Narrative Landscapes of Female Sexuality in Africa Collective Stories of Trauma and Transition /

This book explores the textures of women's narratives of patriarchal oppression of female sexuality. Postcolonial feminist scholars in Africa highlight the importance of moving beyond Westernised lenses of 'African' women's powerlessness, towards a focus on women's culturall...

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Main Author: van Schalkwyk, Samantha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Self.
Identity (Psychology).
Violence.
Crime.
Sociology.
ISBN:9783319978253
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2. Migrant Subjectivities in South Africa: Contextualizing the Women's Voices
  • 3. Collective Biography: A New Chapter for Exploring the Agency and Transformation of Women in the African context
  • 4. Culture, Femininity, and Woman Abuse: The Case of Mubobobo Rape
  • 5. Crossing Borders in Africa: Collectively Narrating the Foreigner Within
  • 6. Psycho-Social Borders and Imagining the Female Other: Shame as a remnant of violent gendered abuse
  • 7. Conclusion.

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