Our Grandmothers' Drums
by Mark Hudson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802112366
- ISBN 13
- 9780802112361
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Weidenfeld. 1990. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition / Full number line. Spine is square and tight. Interior is unmarked. Cover is clean and crisp. Foxing to edges. Suitable for gifting. 321 pages.
In 1985 Hudson visited the village of Dulaba in The Gambia to help in some field studies there. He was so intrigued by what he saw that he decided to return. The book tells of the lives of the women, devout Muslims, who are circumcised in an all-female ritual, but who sing ribald songs.
In 1985 Hudson visited the village of Dulaba in The Gambia to help in some field studies there. He was so intrigued by what he saw that he decided to return. The book tells of the lives of the women, devout Muslims, who are circumcised in an all-female ritual, but who sing ribald songs.
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- Bookseller
- Books of the World (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000000919
- Title
- Our Grandmothers' Drums
- Author
- Mark Hudson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0802112366
- ISBN 13
- 9780802112361
- Publisher
- Grove Weidenfeld
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Travelogue, Gambia, Women, Gender, Secret Societies, FGM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa; Exploration, Expeditions, and Discoveries; Religion & Spirituality; Feminism, Women's Studies, and Gender Issues;
- Size
- 8vo
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