A Woman's Odyssey Into Africa
Tracks Across a Life
Here is the intriguing story of one woman's mid-life flight from her stultified, middle-class, psychologically crippling, and unfulfilled existence into a world of high adventure, danger, hardship, and endurance, which ultimately leads her to autonomy and recognition. In her new book, A Woman's Odyssey Into Africa, Hanny Lightfoot-Klein chronicles three year-long solo backpacking treks through remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa. In the process, she discovers the mainsprings of strength within herself as she follows her own drummer, finding the courage to face the darkest and most secret convolutions of her own mind. She weaves the story of he…
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Weitere Autoren: Cole, Ellen / Rothblum, Esther D
- ISBN: 978-1-317-71332-6
- EAN: 9781317713326
- Produktnummer: 33746609
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 243 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'218 KB
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Hanny Lightfoot-Klein, MA, is an independent researcher underthe auspices of the American Foundation for Gender and GenitalMedicine and Science. Ms. Lightfoot-Klein studied female genitalcircumcision during three year-long treks through Sudan, Kenya,and Egypt; she lived with families of all social levels and geographicareas and interviewed over 400 people in all walks of life inregard to psychological, sociological, historical, sexological, medical,religious, and legal aspects of female circumcision. An avidwriter, Ms. Lightfoot-Klein has published many articles in theJournal o f Obstetric Gynecology and Neo-Natal Nursing, MedicalAspects o f Human Sexuality, Journal o f Psychology and HumanSexuality, Journal o f Sex Research and several British and Germanpublications as well. She is a member of the Association of Womenin Psychology, Society for Sex Therapy and Research, NationalWomen's Studies Association, and the Society for the ScientificStudy of Sex. Her first book, Prisoners o f Ritual, was also recentlypublished by The Haworth Press, Inc.
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