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Gender and Sexuality in Ghanaian Societies
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2022
Summary
Gender and Sexuality in Ghanaian Societies explores cultural dynamics embedded in the interstices of agency, vulnerability, and power within patriarchal structures that seek to regulate the sexual lives of women in Ghana. Emphasizing the centrality of gender as a motive force for sexual expression, the book stresses that contemporary Ghanaian women's sexual expressions are caught at the intersection of traditional gender expectations of heteronormativity and women’s perceptions of how heteronormativity should operate in their lives. The book's emphasis on women's agency is significant because it highlights a flaw in earlier, Western accounts of African women's lives under Africa's special brand of patriarchy that held women in total subjection to men. Gender and Sexuality debunks that trope and presents Ghanaian women's dynamism, resilience, and vulnerabilities embedded in the diverse cultures in which they live.
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Copyright year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-2844-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-2845-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
154
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Women, Gender, Sex, and the Church No access Pages 1 - 30
Identity, Agency, and Subjugation: Cleavage and Breast Exposure among University Students in Ghana No access Pages 31 - 54
Reflections of Women: Post-Divorce Experiences No access Pages 55 - 74
Gendered Scripts and Young Adults’ Sexual Practices on a First Date in Urban Ghana No access Pages 75 - 100
The Economic Impact of Divorce on Women in Ghana No access Pages 101 - 120
Mothers, Daughters, and Queens: Motherwork as Pedagogy No access Pages 121 - 134
