Female circumcision and the politics of knowledge: African women in imperialist discourses/ (Record no. 167468)
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| fixed length control field | 01314cam a22003134a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0897898648 (alk . paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0897898656 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 392.1 |
| Item number | NNA/F |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Female circumcision and the politics of knowledge: African women in imperialist discourses/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Obioma Nnaemeka. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Westport, Conn. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Praeger, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | viii, 288 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The challenges of border-crossing: African women and transnational feminisms / Obioma Nnaemeka --<br/>Imperialism and sex in Africa / Nawal El Saadawi --<br/>African women, colonial discourses, and imperialist interventions: female circumcision as impetus / Obioma Nnaemeka --<br/>Transcending the boundaries of power and imperialism: writing gender, constructing knowledge / Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka --<br/>Out of Africa: "Our Bodies Ourselves"? / Vicki Kirby --<br/>Women's rights, bodies, and identities: the limits of Universalism and the legal debate around excision in France / Francoise Lionnet --<br/>"Other" bodies: Western feminism, race, and representation in female circumcision discourse / Chima Korieh --<br/>Libidinal quicksand: imperial fictions, African femininity, and representation / Jude G. Akudinobi --<br/>Confronting the Western gaze / Eloïse Brière --<br/>The anti- female circumcision campaign deficit / L. Amede Obiora --<br/>Colonial discourse and ethnographic residuals: the "female circumcision" debate and the politics of knowledge / Sondra Hale --<br/>Parallax sightlines: Alice Walker's sisterhood and the key to dreams / Chimalum Nwankwo --<br/>Overcoming willful blindness: building egalitarian multicultural women's coalitions / Ange-Marie Hancock. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Female circumcision |
| Geographic subdivision | Africa. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Human body |
| General subdivision | Social aspects |
| Geographic subdivision | Africa. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Africa |
| General subdivision | Colonial influence. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nnaemeka, Obioma, ed. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 392.1 NNA/F | P22405 | 10/07/2018 | 10/07/2018 | General Books |