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Narrative, Identity and Ethics in Postcolonial Kenya : The Young Women's Christian Association

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2021 [©2021]

1 online resource (256 pages)

Englisch

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LOC-SH: Young Women's Christian Association ; Women's rights-Kenya ; Women-Kenya-Societies and clubs

Cover -- Half-title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Map of Kenya with locations of YWCA branches -- Part 1 -- Introduction -- The YWCA in Nairobi -- Methods and fieldwork -- Summary and outline -- Identity and ethics in narrative -- 1.1 Narrative and identity -- 1.2 Organizational identity -- 1.3 Narrative and ethics -- 1.4 Moral narratives in the development industry -- 1.5 Sexuality and scandal -- 1.6 Summary -- Part 2 -- Imperial maternalism, 1855-1965 -- 2.1 The extension of his kingdom', 1855-1912 -- 2.2 Imperial maternalism, 1912-55 -- 2.3 Conceptualizing whiteness and Christianity -- 2.4 Sex work and public health in colonial Nairobi -- 2.5 The 'female circumcision' crisis -- 2.6 Becoming 'multiracial', 1955-65 -- 2.7 Summary -- From welfare to development, 1965-2000 -- 3.1 International development industry -- 3.2 Welfare and development, 1965-2000 -- 3.2a Women's welfare, 1964-78 -- 3.2b 'Self-reliance', 1979-89 -- 3.2c Gender and development, 1990-2000 -- 3.3 Postcolonial feminist critique of sexuality in development -- 3.4 Summary: Sexuality and Christianity in development -- African, Christian, feminist? 2000-12 -- 4.1 Abortion and nationalism -- 4.2 FGM: 'Harmful cultural traditions' and 'African' identities -- 4.3 HIV: Condoms, Christianity and maternalism -- 4.4 SRHR, development and feminism -- 4.6 Summary -- Part 3 -- Controversial faith issues -- 5.1 Defining controversial faith issues -- 5.2 Condoms -- 5.3 Abortion -- 5.4 LBTQI women -- 5.5 Summary -- 'We are Christians' -- 6.1 The YWCA's ontological narrative -- 6.2 Origins: 'We have always been Christians' -- 6.3 Ecumenism: 'We are all Christians' -- 6.4 Piousness: 'We are staunch Christians' -- 6.5 Christian emphasis -- 6.6 Summary -- Everyday Christian ethics -- 7.1 Living fulfilled lives.