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An Intimate Rebuke

- Female Genital Power in Ritual and Politics in West Africa

About An Intimate Rebuke

In this ethnography of female empowerment, Laura S. Grillo offers new perspectives on how elder West African women deploy an ancient ritual in which they dance naked and slap their genitals and bare breasts to protest abuses of state power, globalization, witchcraft, rape, and other social dangers.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781478001553
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 296
  • Published:
  • December 6, 2018
  • Dimensions:
  • 229x152x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 438 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 7, 2024

Description of An Intimate Rebuke

In this ethnography of female empowerment, Laura S. Grillo offers new perspectives on how elder West African women deploy an ancient ritual in which they dance naked and slap their genitals and bare breasts to protest abuses of state power, globalization, witchcraft, rape, and other social dangers.

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