Gender in Practice: Culture, Politics and Society in Sierra Leone

Title
Gender in Practice: Culture, Politics and Society in Sierra Leone
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Lahai, John Idriss
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5171-9416
Email: jlahai2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jlahai2
Type of document
Book
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Peter Lang
Place of publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
Edition
1
Series
Africa in Development
DOI
10.3726/b11126
UNE publication id
une:21167
Abstract
Sierra Leone, a complex country of contradictions, begs many questions. What kind of country is it and, more specifically, what kind of gender relationships have people forged throughout the country's cultural and political histories? What kind of cultural agency, including that which relates to the ritual practice of female genital mutilation (FGM), have women developed in their quest for recognition within their communities? What are the societal expectations of women (and men) - their roles and responsibilities - before, during and after the civil conflict? And what does this tell us about the issues, trends and processes needed to address sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV); and about the complex engendered questions of what (hetero/homo) sexuality is, or is perceived to be, in contemporary Sierra Leone?
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ISBN
9781787070226
9781906165772
9781787070240
9781787070233

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