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Undesirable practices : women, children, and the politics of the body in northern Ghana, 1930-1972 / Jessica Cammaert.

Author/creator Cammaert, Jessica, 1984-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016].
Descriptionxv, 288 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Expanding frontiers
Expanding frontiers. ^A1378862
Contents 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.
General noteOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Queen's University, 2014.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015031900
ISBN9780803286801 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780803286948 (epub)
ISBN9780803286955 (mobi)
ISBN9780803286962 (pdf)

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