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Grillo, Laura S., 1956-

An Intimate Rebuke Female Genital Power in Ritual and Politics in West Africa / Laura S. Grillo. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - The religious cultures of African and African diaspora people . - Religious cultures of African and African diaspora people. Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Home and the unhomely: the foundational nature of female genital power -- Genies, witches, and women: locating female powers -- Matrifocal morality: FGP and the foundation of "home" -- Gender and resistance: the "strategic essentialism" of FGP -- Worldliness: FGP in the making of ethnicity, alliance, and war in Côte d'Ivoire-- Founding knowledge/binding power: the moral foundations of ethnicity and Alliance -- Women at the checkpoint: challenging the forces of civil war -- Timeliness: urgent situations and emergent critiques -- Violation and deployment: FGP in politics in Côte d'Ivoire-- Memory, memorialization, and morality -- Conclusion. an intimate rebuke: a local critique in the global postcolony.

Open Access

ISBN: 9781478002635

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Generative organs, Female--Political aspects--Côte d'Ivoire.
Generative organs, Female--Religious aspects.
Generative organs, Female--Symbolic aspects--Côte d'Ivoire.
Older women--Political activity--Côte d'Ivoire.
Older women--Religious life--Côte d'Ivoire.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Côte d'Ivoire--Religion.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL2470.C85 / G75 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 305.4096668