An Intimate Rebuke

Throughout West African societies, at times of social crises, postmenopausal women — the Mothers — make a ritual appeal to their innate moral authority. The seat of this power is the female genitalia. Wielding branches or pestles, they strip naked and slap their genitals and bare breasts to curse an...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Grillo, Laura S.
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Duke University Press 2021
Subjects:	Anthropology Africa Civilization Africa Religion Africa Politics and Government Postcolonialism Africa Ethics, Comparative Sex Role thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
Online Access:	1004321
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