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Book SynopsisGender and Sexuality in Ghanaian Societies explores cultural dynamics embedded in the interstices of agency, vulnerability, and power within patriarchal structures that seek to regulate the sexual lives of women in Ghana. Emphasizing the centrality of gender as a motive force for sexual expression, the book stresses that contemporary Ghanaian women's sexual expressions are caught at the intersection of traditional gender expectations of heteronormativity and women’s perceptions of how heteronormativity should operate in their lives. The book's emphasis on women's agency is significant because it highlights a flaw in earlier, Western accounts of African women's lives under Africa's special brand of patriarchy that held women in total subjection to men. Gender and Sexuality debunks that trope and presents Ghanaian women's dynamism, resilience, and vulnerabilities embedded in the diverse cultures in which they live.
Table of ContentsIntroduction by Martha Donkor
Chapter 1: Women, Gender, Sex, and the Church by Martha Donkor
Chapter 2: Identity, Agency, and Subjugation: Cleavage and Breast Exposure among University Students in Ghana by Georgina Yaa Oduro and Nana Afia Karikari
Chapter 3: Reflections of Women: Post-Divorce Experiences by Naa Adjeley Suta Alakija Sekyi, and Alex Somuah Obeng
Chapter 4: Gendered Scripts and Young Adults’ Sexual Practices on a First Date in Urban Ghana by Daniel Yaw Fiaveh
Chapter 5: The Economic Impact of Divorce on Women in Ghana by Naa Adjeley Suta Alakija Sekyi
Chapter 6: Mothers, Daughters, and Queens: Motherwork as Pedagogy by Shemariah J. Arki
Epilogue by Amoaba Gooden
