Negotiating identities through the ‘cultural practice’ of labia elongation among urban Shona women and men in contemporary Zimbabwe

Dominant Eurocentric discourses on African traditional cultural practices linked to sexuality construct these practices as retrogressive for women in these localities. These discourses take the form of women and sexual rights promoted by some women activists and scholars, whose work mainly focuses o...

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Main Author: Hellen Venganai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2017-02-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
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Online Access:https://cultureunbound.ep.liu.se/article/view/52