Mothers of Invention
Gender, Strategic Essentialism, and Women's Genital Power in West Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13047202 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joseph Hellweg (Florida State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 299-307 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Africana Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2165-5405 • E-ISSN: 2165-5413 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/jafrireli.7.2.2019.0299 |
| OpenAlex | W2966150671 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Across West Africa, postmenopausal women, whom Laura Grillo calls the “Mothers,” have expressed outrage at male political mismanagement by exposing their breasts and genitalia. This essay explores the contributions of and tensions within Grillo's analysis of the Mothers' history of protest, referencing Grillo's superb ethnographic and historical account
Essentialism · Ethnography · Female circumcision · Gynecology · Outrage · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Anthropology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law · Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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