Narrative Landscapes of Female Sexuality in Africa Collective Stories of Trauma and Transition /

• Main Author: van Schalkwyk, Samantha (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Violence.; Crime.; Sociology.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Self and Identity.; Violence and Crime.; Gender Studies.

This book explores the textures of women's narratives of patriarchal oppression of female sexuality. Postcolonial feminist scholars in Africa highlight the importance of moving beyond Westernised lenses of 'African' women's powerlessness, towards a focus on women's culturall...