A Woman's Odyssey Into Africa
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-56023-007-6 (ISBN)
Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, MA, is an independent researcher underthe auspices of the American Foundation for Gender and GenitalMedicine and Science. Ms. Lightfoot-Klein studied female genitalcircumcision during three year-long treks through Sudan, Kenya,and Egypt; she lived with families of all social levels and geographicareas and interviewed over 400 people in all walks of life inregard to psychological, sociological, historical, sexological, medical,religious, and legal aspects of female circumcision. An avidwriter, Ms. Lightfoot-Klein has published many articles in theJournal o f Obstetric Gynecology and Neo-Natal Nursing, MedicalAspects o f Human Sexuality, Journal o f Psychology and HumanSexuality, Journal o f Sex Research and several British and Germanpublications as well. She is a member of the Association of Womenin Psychology, Society for Sex Therapy and Research, NationalWomen’s Studies Association, and the Society for the ScientificStudy of Sex. Her first book, Prisoners o f Ritual, was also recentlypublished by The Haworth Press, Inc.
Contents
Letter from Kadugli
First Steps
The Flight from Egypt
Garden
A Sudanese Proverb: When Allah Created Sudan, Allah Laughed
Costi
The Barbaric Practice
Sex Education
Personal Demons
Charade at Wad Cherrifay
Small Sins
Lightfoot
El Shadida
The Faces of My Beloved
Your Death is Always with You
Port Sudan Haute Cuisine
Stephanie’s Song
Requiem for a Goliath Heron
Karen Blixen Never Returned to Africa
Krystallnacht Revisited
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.3.1992 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 385 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber |
Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika | |
Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Afrika | |
ISBN-10 | 1-56023-007-X / 156023007X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-56023-007-6 / 9781560230076 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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