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by Jessica Cammaert


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  • Title Undesirable Practices: Women, Children, and the Politics of the Body in Northern Ghana, 1930-1972
  • Author Jessica Cammaert
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 306
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press
  • Date 2016-07-01
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9780803286801 / 0803286805
  • Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.81 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: West Africa
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Library of Congress subjects Women - Ghana - Social conditions, Human body - Social aspects - Ghana
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015031900
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.409

About the author

Jessica Cammaert is an instructor in African history at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.
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