Womanhood and Girlhood in Twenty-First Century Middle Class Kenya : Disrupting Patri-Centered Frameworks.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781498534345
- 305.42096762
- HQ1796.5 .M846 2018
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Elective Lone Parenting, New Matrilines, and Matriarchies -- Chapter Two: Usichana wa Ubabi -- Chapter Three: The Production of Bridehood -- Chapter Four: Wifing Bodies(Re)negotiating Selfhood -- Chapter Five: New Spaces, New Identities, New Languages -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
This examination of Kenya's middle class demonstrates how contemporary social performances of femaleness are disrupting and complicating conceptions of gender and gendered identities and institutions. This book will alter scholarship of female gender identity in Kenya, forcing the creation of new, responsive action for African girls and women.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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