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Author Bratton, Angela R

Title An Anthropological Study of Factors Affecting the Construction of Sexuality in Ghana : Teenage Pregnancy, School Education and Virgins? Clubs
Published Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (227 pages)
Contents An Anthropological Study of Factors Affecting the Construction of Sexuality in Ghana Teenage Pregnancy, School Education, and Virgins' Clubs; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Abstract; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Developing Importance of Education; Chapter 3: Crafting Teenage and Youth Identities; Chapter 4: Constructing Sexuality: Schooling and Sex Education; Chapter 5: Unplanned Pregnancies; Chapter 6: The Right Kind of Rites; Chapter 7: Conclusions; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index
Summary This study explores the formation of gender identity and the sexual practices of teens in Kumasi, Ghana within the context of the growing emphasis on formal schooling. Direct interviews with students, teachers and members of the community offer a rich variety of data that allows for important conclusions about shifting conceptions of family, education, production and reproduction
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior -- Ghana
Teenage girls -- Ghana -- Attitudes
Teenage girls -- Ghana -- Conduct of life
Pregnant teenagers -- Ghana
Sex instruction for girls -- Ghana
Puberty rites -- Ghana
Sex customs -- Ghana
PSYCHOLOGY -- Human Sexuality.
SELF-HELP -- Sexual Instruction.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Manners and customs
Pregnant teenagers
Puberty rites
Sex customs
Sex instruction for girls
Teenage girls -- Attitudes
Teenage girls -- Conduct of life
Teenage girls -- Sexual behavior
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Social Sciences.
Child & Youth Development.
SUBJECT Ghana -- Social life and customs
Subject Ghana
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773418653
0773418652