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Women, Visibility and Morality in Kenyan Popular Media

Author :  Dina Ligaga

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Country
South Africa
Publisher
NICS (Pty) Ltd (for African Humanities Program, Makhanda, South Africa
ISBN 9781920033637
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2020
Bib. Info xvi, 180p. ; 244 x170mm. Includes Index ; Bibliography
Product Weight 400 gms.
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Women, visibility and morality in Kenyan popular media explores familiar constructions of femininity to assess ways in which it circulates in discourse, both stereotypically and otherwise. It assesses the meanings of such discourses and their articulations in various public platforms in Kenya. The book draws together theoretical questions on ‘pre-convened’ scripts that contain or condition how women can circulate in public. The book asks questions about particular interpretations of women’s bodies that are considered transgressive or unruly and why these bodies become significant symbolic sites for the generation of knowledge on morality and sexuality. The book also poses questions about genre and representations of femininity. The assertion made is that for knowledges of femininity to circulate effectively, they must be melodramatic, spectacular and scandalous. Ultimately, the book asks how such a theorisation of popular modes of representation enables a better understanding of the connections between gender, sexuality and violence in Kenya.

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