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Narrative Landscapes of Female Sexuality in Africa : Collective Stories of Trauma and Transition by Samantha van Schalkwyk is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Narrative Landscapes of Female Sexuality in Africa : Collective Stories of Trauma and Transition about?

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 culturally-specific sexual agency. However, few studies explore women’s psychological experiences of sexual oppression/agency in real depth. __Narrative Landscapes of Female Sexuality in Africa__ traces the narratives of heterosexual migrant women from Zimbabwe, Kenya and Congo. The book offers insight into women’s experiences ‘back home,’ travelling through border posts in Africa, and life in current post-apartheid South Africa. Through a unique collectively-based methodology and a feminist poststructuralist lens, the author examines narrative strategies used by the women to manage and psychologically resist harmful discourses surrounding female sexuality and women’s bodies. The book offers rich exploration of the intersections of gender and sexuality, class, race and citizenship situating the narratives within the wider context of poverty and migration in sub-Saharan Africa. These vectors of oppression are illuminated

Who reads Narrative Landscapes of Female Sexuality in Africa : Collective Stories of Trauma and Transition?

Author

Samantha van Schalkwyk

Publisher

Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9783319978246

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Gender Studies, Science