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008 081204s2009 nju b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781592216758 (pbk.)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn277086230
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043 $af------
050 00 $aPR9340.5$b.S79 2009
082 00 $a820.9/9287$222
100 1 $aStrong-Leek, Linda.
245 10 $aExcising the spirit :$ba literary analysis of female circumcision /$cLinda Strong-Leek.
260 $aTrenton, NJ :$bAfrica World Press,$cc2009.
300 $ax, 245 p. ;$c21 cm.
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.
650 0 $aInitiation rites in literature.
650 0 $aFemale circumcision$xSocial aspects$zAfrica.
650 0 $aFemale circumcision$xPolitical aspects$zAfrica.
600 10 $aNwapa, Flora,$d1931-$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.