Excising the spirit : a literary analysis of female circumcision /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Strong-Leek, Linda
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, [2009]
Subjects:	African literature (English) > Women authors > History and criticism. Female circumcision in literature. Initiation rites in literature. Female circumcision > Social aspects > Africa. Female circumcision > Political aspects > Africa. Nwapa, Flora, > 1931-1993. > Efuru. Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, > 1938- > River between. Kassindja, Fauziya, > 1977- > Do they hear you when you cry. Walker, Alice, > 1944- > Possessing the secret of joy.

Description
Physical Description:	x, 245 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-237) and index.
ISBN:	1592216749 (cloth) 9781592216741 (cloth) 1592216757 (pbk.) 9781592216758 (pbk.)