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050 00 $aPR9340.5$b.S79 2009
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100 1 $aStrong-Leek, Linda.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96114349
245 10 $aExcising the spirit :$ba literary analysis of female circumcision /$cLinda Strong-Leek.
260 $aTrenton, NJ :$bAfrica World Press,$c[2009], ©2009.
300 $ax, 245 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index.
505 0 $aClitorized history: a cultural and sociopolitical place of female circumcision -- Reading as a womanist: Flora Nwapa, clitoridectomy, and the quest for spiritual solace -- The Gikuyu and the missionaries: sin, "prejudice", and tradition in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's The river between -- Alice Walker and Fauziya Kassindja: contradictory viewpoints -- Conclusion: Excision--contextualization, rationalization, Western implications, eradications, and literary configurations.
650 0 $aAfrican literature (English)$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFemale circumcision in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007003099
650 0 $aInitiation rites in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94005097
650 0 $aFemale circumcision$xSocial aspects$zAfrica.
650 0 $aFemale circumcision$xPolitical aspects$zAfrica.
600 10 $aNwapa, Flora,$d1931-1993.$tEfuru.
600 00 $aNgũgĩ wa Thiongʼo,$d1938-$tRiver between.
600 10 $aKassindja, Fauziya,$d1977-$tDo they hear you when you cry.
600 10 $aWalker, Alice,$d1944-$tPossessing the secret of joy.
852 00 $bglx$hPR9340.5$i.S79 2009