Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Notes on Transliteration and Translation xv
6. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE The Cult of Culture
8. 1. Sexual Pre-Texts 17
9. 2. Kenyan Reactance: Kenyatta, Huxley, wa Thiong'o 35
10. 3. Kenyan Women's Texts: Njau, Likimani, Waciuma 59
11. PART TWO Speaking from Memory: Religion and Remembrance
12. 4. In Passing and Other Circumspections: Nwapa, El Saadawi, Rifaat 83
13. 5. On Spurious Geneses: 97
14. 6. Spoken Autobiographical Acts: 124
15. PART THREE From Sealing to Opening Up: Sex, Exile, and Empowerment
16. 7. The Sealed Condition: From the Beginnings to Freud and Herzi 145
17. 8. Silence, Exile, and the Spectacle of the Fashioned Body: 163
18. 9 The Whole Woman and the Law: 202
19. 10. The Exciser 246
20. Conclusion: Between Rights and Future Rites 265
21. Notes 277
22. Select Bibliography 291
23. Index 315