Mothers of Invention: Gender, Strategic Essentialism, and Women's Genital Power in West Africa
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DOI: 10.5325/jafrireli.7.2.2019.0299
Abstract: Abstract:Across West Africa, postmenopausal women, whom Laura Grillo calls the "Mothers," have expressed outrage at male political mismanagement by exposing their breasts and genitalia. This essay explores the contributions of and tensions within Grillo's analysis… read more here.
Keywords: strategic essentialism; invention gender; west africa; gender strategic ... See more keywords