Widow Inheritance and Contested Citizenship in Kenya

Widow Inheritance and Contested Citizenship in Kenya
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 139
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ISBN-10 : 9780429663376
ISBN-13 : 0429663374
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Book Synopsis Widow Inheritance and Contested Citizenship in Kenya by : Awino Okech

Download or read book Widow Inheritance and Contested Citizenship in Kenya written by Awino Okech and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the practice of widow inheritance in order to explore the intersection between power, gender and sexualities in Kenya. Using widow inheritance amongst the Luo of Kenya as a case study, the book explores the role of body politics in the construction of gendered subjects and nations. Widow Inheritance and Contested Citizenship in Kenya unpacks how ‘respectable femininities’ and ‘wayward sexualities’ become the ‘sites’ within which national and state politics are ritualized and where tensions resulting from non-hegemonic performances of both gender and sexuality are ‘resolved’. The empirical research that underpins this book is qualitative and grounded in feminist methodology, challenging the erasure of women’s narratives in hegemonic epistemologies. Widow Inheritance and Contested Citizenship in Kenya will be of interest to students and scholars of African gender studies and women's rights.


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