Embodying honor; fertility, foreignness, and regeneration in eastern Sudan. (Women in Africa and the diaspora)

by Fadlalla, Amal Hassan

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Book desription: U. of Wisconsin Press, 2007. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Sudan native Fadlalla (women's studies, Afro-American and African studies, U. of Michigan) reports findings from an ethnographic study of the women of the Hadendowa, a predominantly pastoral group in the Red Sea area of northeastern Sudan. Based on fieldwork conducted from 1989-91 and from November 1997 to December 1998, the research examines issues surrounding fertility, sexuality, and rituals. Coverage includes an historical overview of the Hadendowa's struggles with poverty and marginalization; how constructions of identity, honor, gender, and regeneration are learned and transformed; the Hadendowa women's perception of foreignness and boundary crossing as a threat to fertility, health, and regeneration; how gendered identities are constructed and experienced through connected notions of body space; strategies and healing practices employed by Hadendowa women to gain propriety and responsible motherhood; and management of suffering and fertility traumas. (©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

Bookseller: Gulls Nest Books (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 307305
Format/binding: Hardbound
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0299223809
ISBN 13: 9780299223809
Publisher: U. of Wisconsin Press
Date published: 2007
Pages: 210
Size: 6 x 9 x 0.5 inches
Weight: 1 pounds

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