Genre et fondamentalismes / sous la direction de Fatou Sow = Gender and fundamentalisms / edited by Fatou Sow.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text in French and English.

When, why and how can religion and culture be both sources and places of expression for fundamentalisms, particularly in relation to politics? Those are the central questions asked throughout this book alongside a discussion on the result when religion, strengthened by culture, is used as a political tool to access moral and social power. Cultural and religious messages often form the basis of decisions, laws and programs made in politics, and have a direct effect on society in general, and on women and gender relations in particular. The various forms taken by fundamentalisms in some African countries and the contexts under which they have emerged, the ways in which they (re)shape identities and relationships between men and women are also analysed in this book. These fundamentalisms are frequently sources of concern in social debates, in feminist and feminine organizations as well as in academia and politics. The manipulation of cultures and religions are becoming progressively political, and consequently can cause social discrimination, or even physical, moral, and symbolic violence.

Genre et fondamentalismes en Afrique: une introduction / Fatou Sow -- Religion, culture et politique : relire les fondamentalismes / Fatou Sow -- Fundamentalism and the challenge to women's human rights / Karima Bennoune -- Genre et défis des fondamentalismes en Afrique / Fatou Sow -- Genre et fondamentalismes culturels et religieux en Afrique / Albertine Tshibilondi Ngoyi -- Évolution des rôles sans évolution du statut : souffrance et stratégies insoupçonnées des femmes de la banlieue dakaroise / Rosalie Macchia-Samba -- "Femmes soyez soumises" : perception et limite de l'application des mesures de lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes en milieu conjugal en République démocratique du Congo / Francine Shako Obonga -- Des figures féminines "scandaleuses" au Sénégal : une tension entre subjectivation transgressive et conformisme aux valeurs culturelles fondamentales / Awa Diop -- Sexualité et procréation des femmes atteintes du VIH/SIDA à Yaoundé : entre fondamentalismes et discours médical / Moustapha Moncher Nsangou Mbouemboue -- L'impasse sur les droits sexuels dans la lutte des féministes sénégalaises pour la pénalisation des mutilations génitales féminines au Sénégal : autocensure ou césure stratégique? / Maïmouna Ndoye -- Homosexuality and religious fundamentalism in the Ghanaian Mediascape: clashes between an "un-Godly'' concept and lived practices / Karine Geoffrion -- Les femmes au sein de l'Église kimbanguiste / Camille Welepele Elatre -- Émergence des femmes dans "les Églises dites de réveil" à Yaoundé (Cameroun) / Érick Zackarie Endémé Tsamenyé -- Cultural fundamentalism and gender disparity / Chidiebere Onwutuebe -- Understanding women's participation in politics and decision-making: the case of Namibia's 2009 elections / Michael Conteh -- Women and politics in postcolonial Swaziland through the prism of the Kwetfula-Marula ceremony / Hellen Promise Mhlanga -- Terrorism and counterterrorism in eastern Africa: concerns for Muslim women in Kenya / Alfred Anangwe.

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