Women, Children, and the Politics of the Body in Northern Ghana, 1930–1972
by
Jessica Cammaert
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
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,...