An anthropological study of factors affecting the construction of sexuality in Ghana : teenage pregnancy, school education, and virgins' clubs / Angela R. Bratton ; with a forewrod by Gracia Clark.

• Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- African Notions About Power -- Foucault and Discipline in School -- Crafting Gender -- Getting from Here to There and Back Again -- Methods -- The Outline of the Book -- ch. 2 The Developing Importance of Schooling -- Historical Development of Schooling -- Asante Marriage and Family -- The First Schools -- Development of Technical and Secondary Schools -- Impact of Schooling -- Three Schools Today -- Constraints of Learning -- Conclusion -- ch. 3 Crafting Teenage and Youth Identities -- Normalization of Identity through Schooling -- Liminality of Adolescence -- Youth, Adolescence, Teen, or Child -- Identity Through School -- Discipline and Indiscipline -- Challenges Teens Face -- Promiscuity -- Conclusion -- ch. 4 Constructing Sexuality: Schooling and Sex Education -- Spaces for Sexual Education -- Moral Education -- Home Economics -- Social Studies -- Interviews and Surveys -- Conclusion -- ch. 5 Unplanned Pregnancies -- PPAG Programs -- Causes of Teenage Pregnancy -- Statistical Context -- Family Planning -- HIV/AIDS -- Conclusion -- ch. 6 The Right Kind of Rites -- Bragoro -- Overview of Rites of Passage -- The Ritual Debate -- Conclusion -- ch. 7 Conclusions.

Ämnesord

Teenage girls  -- Ghana -- Sexual behavior. (LCSH)

Teenage girls  -- Ghana -- Attitudes. (LCSH)

Teenage girls  -- Ghana -- Conduct of life. (LCSH)

Pregnant teenagers  -- Ghana. (LCSH)

Sex instruction for girls  -- Ghana. (LCSH)

Puberty rites  -- Ghana. (LCSH)

Sex customs  -- Ghana. (LCSH)

Ghana  -- Social life and customs. (LCSH)

Klassifikation

HQ798 (LCC)

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