영문목차
Series Editor's Preface=xv
Preface and Acknowledgments=xvii
Chapter 1. Introduction / Toyin Falola ; Nana Akua Amponsah=3
Conceptual and Theoretical Paradoxes=3
Historiographical Perspectives=8
Imaging New Paradigms=10
Overview of Chapters=11
PART I. CONTESTING SEXUALITIES AND THE AFRICAN WOMAN'S BODY
Chapter 2. Ambivalence towards the African Woman's Body : Jean Pierre Bekolo's Les Saignantes (The Bloodletters) and the Mevoungou / Naminata Diabate=21
Of Les Saignantes=21
Female Body and the Diseased Postcolonial State=23
The Mevoungou and/in Anthropological Texts=25
Desexualizing the Historical Ritual=27
Les Saignantes as an Adaptation of the Mevoungou Ritual=28
Radical Departure from the Clitoris-Centric Ritual=31
Emasculation, Dismemberment, Theophagy : Purifying the Postcolonial State=33
Conclusion=36
References=36
Chapter 3. "I am the Rape" : Exile, Sexual Violence, and the Body in the Poems of Dambudzo Marechera / Z'étoile Imma=39
Sexual Violence as (Post) Colonial Response=40
The (Post) Colonial/Cross Cultural as the Vulgar Body=45
References=50
Chapter 4. Big Buttocks and Sultry Behavior : Perceptions of Post-Colonial African Women in British Women's Travel Narratives / Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué=53
Travel Differences and Similarities between Victorian Women and Modern British Women=55
Zones of Contact : The African Woman Participant=56
'Dark' Days in Primitive Africa=57
Plaited Hair and Body Markings : African Women's Physical Traits=59
"Beasts of Burden" : African Women's Gender Roles and Duties=60
The Hypnotic Sexuality of African Women=65
Conclusion=66
References=67
Chapter 5. Of Silences, Bended Knees and Sexuality : Insights on the Gendered (Re)Presentations in Yorùbá Art / Adérónké Adésolá Adésànyà=69
The Yorùbá Cosmos, Oriki and Aesthetic Topicalities=76
Hegemony, Gender and Headship : Male Kings and Warriors in Yorùbá Art=80
Gender, Memory and the Masking Tradition of the Yorùbá=81
Mothering and Modernity=81
Nude Female, Male Eyes : The Nexus between Nudity of Women and Sacred Power=85
Gender in the Eyes of Yorùbá Male Artists=91
Gender in the Eyes of Female Artists : Contemporary Transformations=94
Conclusion=96
References=97
Chapter 6. Western Religions and Female Sexuality : Engaging Dualistic Thinking in Attitudes to African Women's Sexuality / Mary Nyangweso Wangila=101
Why Control Female Sexuality?=102
Religion and African Women's Sexuality=103
a) Indigenous View=103
b) A Christian View=110
c) Islamic View=112
Contesting Dualist Thinking=114
Toward the Deconstruction of a Dualist Mindset=117
Conclusion=119
References=120
Chapter 7. The Struggle for Sexual Rights among the Kikuyu Women of Central Kenya, 1918-2002 / Felix Kiruthu ; Martha Wangari Musalia ; Mildred Jalang'o-Ndeda=123
The Pre-Colonial Era=124
The Impact of Colonial Conquest and State Formation on Kikuyu Women=125
The Female Circumcision Controversy=126
Social Control on Women's Mobility to Urban Centers=129
Political Independence and the Struggle for Sexual Rights=132
Conclusion=141
References=142
PART II. HOMOSEXUALITY AND IDENTITY POLITICS
Chapter 8. Decolonizing Homosexuality in Uganda as a Human Rights Process / Caroline Tushabe=147
Contextualizing the Local=149
Making Claim and Making Relation to Global Sexual Identities=152
Repositioning Human Rights Framework=153
References=154
Chapter 9. The Reality of Homosexuality in Africa : The Yoruba Example / Ebunoluwa O. Oduwole=155
Homosexuality in Africa=155
Christian and Islamic Homophobia=157
Homosexuality and Yoruba Culture=157
Some Philosophical Implications and Arguments for Procreation=158
Conclusion=162
References=162
Chapter 10. Kodjo Besia, Supi, Yags and Eagles : Being Tacit Subjects and Non-Normative Citizens in Contemporary Ghana / Kathleen O'Mara=163
Discursive Practices=165
Same Sex Intimate Practices=167
Ghana's Social and Legal Context=170
Making Non-Normative Subjects=172
Indigenizing Discourse=173
Intersections of Sexual Difference=174
Conclusions=176
Interviews=176
References=177
Chapter 11. Advertising as Reality? Defining Gay in South African Gay Print Media / Janeske Botes=181
Advertisements : Cars=182
Advertisements : Other Products and Services=187
References=194
PART III. GENDERED NATIONALISM, GENDERED RESISTANCE
Chapter 12. Dressing the Part : Dress Culture, Gender, Compliance, and Resistance in Mobutu's Zaire / Danielle Porter Sanchez=199
Discrimination and the Construction of the Sapeur Movement=200
Authenticity and Self-Awareness : Gendered Inequality and Dress Culture in Mobutu's Zaire=206
Conclusion=211
References=212
Chapter 13. Le Femmes Libre and Mama wa Taifa : Constructions of Gender in Mobutu's Zaire and Nyerere's Tanzania : 1965-1979 / Jonathan Shaw=215
Women in the Lives of the Big Men=216
Loving Such Fathers, Birthing Such Sons=218
Finding Women in the Manifesto at N'Sele and the Arusha Declaration=220
The Gender Politics of Dance : Animation and Ngoma=221
Conclusion=223
References=223
Chapter 14. On the Promotion of "Certain" Ugandan Women : Was Idi Amin Feminist or Foe? / Alicia Decker=225
Militarized Masculinity : The Making of a Man=226
Militarized Femininity : The Unmaking of a Woman=228
Reflections on the Gender of Military Power=233
Conclusion=235
References=235
Chapter 15. "The Beauty and Rightness of Our National Costume" : Dress, Modernity, and Women's Activism in Northern Sudan / Marie Grace Brown=237
Why Study Cloth and Clothing?=238
Women's Activism in Northern Sudan=239
New Public Spaces=243
Bodily Knowledge and Alternate Ways of Knowing=245
References=247
Chapter 16. Breaking the Walls of Tradition : Male Braiders in Nigeria / Sati U. Fwatshak=249
The Walls of Tradition : A Profile of Gender Roles in Nigerian History=250
A Survey of Cross-Gender Roles in History=252
Breaking the Walls of Tradition : Male Braiders in Nigeria=253
Origins and Development of the Male Braiding Occupation=254
A Narrative of Male Braiders in Three Nigerian Cities=255
Lagos=255
Abuja=256
Makurdi=257
Port-Harcourt=260
Explaining the Entry of Males into Braiding=260
Scope, Challenges, Opportunities, and Contributions of Males in Braiding=263
Conclusion=267
Bibliography=267
Books and Articles=267
Internet Sources=267
PART IV. WOMANHOOD, MOTHERHOOD, FEMININITY, AND HIV/AIDS
Chapter 17. Motherhood, Women's Bodies and "Eating Well" : Pregnancy, a Metaphor of Life in the Cameroon Grassfields / Bridget A. Teboh=271
Introduction=271
Moghamo Grassfields of Cameroon : An Overview=272
Motherhood, History, and Fertility Studies=275
Female Power : Problematic and Persistent Perceptions=276
Maturity, Women's Bodies, and Power in Moghamoland=278
Averting Misfortune, Ndo'on and Culinary Procreation Imagery/Symbolism=280
En-Gendering Power in Twentieth Century Moghamo Grassfields=282
"Eating Well" : Pregnancy, as a Powerful Stage=285
Conclusion=287
References=288
Chapter 18. Mothers and Grandmothers : Strategies of the Construction of Motherhood in Cape Verde / Andréa de Souza Lobo=293
Introduction=293
Context=294
The Value of Grandmothers=296
The Value of Grandchildren=298
Children of Emigrated Daughters=299
Competition or Complementarity?=302
Modern Times=304
The Other Family=306
References=309
Chapter 19. The Good Mother and the Contaminating Mother : Experiences and Expectations of Motherhood Following an HIV-Positive Diagnosis / Gretchen du Plessis ; Heidi Celliers=311
Details of the Study=313
Motherhood Following an HIV-Positive Diagnosis=314
Assessing a Life as an HIV-Positive Woman of Reproductive Age=315
Notions of Mothering=319
Having Children=322
Conclusion=324
References=325
Chapter 20. The 'Weaponization' of Rape and HIV/AIDS in African Conflicts / Obijiofor Aginam=327
Conflict, War, and Disease in Historical Perspective=328
HIV/AIDS and Rape in Recent African Conflicts=329
Postscript : DDR and Victims of Rape in Post-Conflict Societies=332
References=333
Chapter 21. Femininity and the Practice of Medicine : The Asante Experience / Yaw Sarkodie Agyemang=335
The Asante of Ghana=335
Defining Aduro=336
Aduro and Femininity=339
Femininity and Medicine among the Asante=340
The Meaning of Femininity among Asante=343
References=344
Index=347