ISBN:
9780803286801
,
9780803286948
,
9780803286955
,
9780803286962
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 288 Seiten
,
1 Karte
Series Statement:
Expanding frontiers
DDC:
305.409667
Keywords:
Women Social conditions
;
Women Health and hygiene
;
Children Health and hygiene
;
Human body Social aspects
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Ghana
;
Kolonialismus
;
Unabhängigkeit
;
Frau
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 1930-1972
;
Ghana
;
Kolonialismus
;
Unabhängigkeit
;
Frau
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 1930-1972
Abstract:
Die a natural death : responses to the questionnaire on "customs affecting the status of women in West Africa" ca. 1930 -- R. S. Rattray, anthropology, and the making of undesirable practices in northern Ghana -- Female circumcision as undesirable in the Northeast, ca. 1930-1933 -- Child slavery, pawning, and trafficking in late-colonial Bawku, 1941-1948 -- Put some clothes on or Nkrumah will get you! : anti-nudity in the Nkrumah era, 1958-1966 -- Orphaned children and unruly girls : youth and undesirability post-Nkrumah, 1965-1972 -- Conclusion: undesirable practices and social welfare in Africa : averting the male gaze
Note:
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)...Queen's University, 2014. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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