Wow! eBook
An Anthropological Study of Factors Affecting the Construction of Sexuality in Ghana: Teenage Pregnancy, School Education and Virgins' Clubs
Author(s): Angela R. Bratton (Author)
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 May 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 237 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773435972
- ISBN-13: 9780773435971
Book Description
This research explores the gender socialization that teens in Ghana experience today with the growing emphasis on schooling and the absence of puberty rites, in particular how teen girls cope with schooling, sexuality, and teenage pregnancy.
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
This research explores the gender socialization that teens in Ghana experience today with the growing emphasis on schooling and the absence of puberty rites, in particular how teen girls cope with schooling, sexuality, and teenage pregnancy.
About the Author
Dr.Bratton received her Ph.D in Anthropology from Indiana University and her B.A. in Anthropology and Psychology from the University of Louisville. She is currently an associate professor of Anthropology in the Department of History, Anthropology, and Philosophy at Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia.
