“These Things Might Be There in the Bible, But They Are Hidden” – Christian Appropriations of the Practice of Labia Elongation in Zimbabwe
It is well documented that Christianity played a significant role in advancing discourses of modernity and in reconfiguring gender and sexual cultures in Africa. However, calls for a return to African traditional cultural practices are dominantly associated with “traditionalists” and rarely with Chr...
Saved in:
Main Author: | Hellen Venganai |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
UJ Press
2019-07-01
|
Series: | African Journal of Gender and Religion (AJGR) |
Online Access: | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/ajgr/article/view/890 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
White and red plaques of the labia and inguinal folds
by: Ana M. Aragon Sierra, MMC, MD, et al.
Published: (2024-12-01) -
Labiaplasty: A Qualitative Analysis of Online Discourse on Labia Minora
by: Isabel Ortega-Sánchez, et al.
Published: (2024-12-01) -
Protestant Christianity and the Bible as Wisdom for Earth Environmental Stewardship
by: Rodrigo Penna-Firme
Published: (2023-12-01) -
A Shona assessment of evolving missionary Christianity in Zimbabwe
by: F. Hale
Published: (2004-06-01) -
Christianity and Traditional Religion in Western Zimbabwe 1859-1923 /
by: Bhebe,Ngwabi
Published: (1979)