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Postcolonial Gender Performance

Postcolonial Gender Performance is a theoretical framework that analyzes the intersection of colonial legacies and gendered identities in cultural and performative expressions, distinguishing itself by foregrounding how imperial histories shape and constrain gender performativity in formerly colonized societies.

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Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

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Boys' circumcision and girls' puberty rites among the Swahili of Mafia Island, Tanzania

Ann Patricia Caplan · Africa · 1976 · 45 citations

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Gender performativity in rural northern Ghana: implications for transnational feminist theorising

Constance Awinpoka Akurugu · Feminist Theory · 2019 · 35 citations

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The Queer Afterlife of the Postcolonial City: (Trans)gender Performance and the War of Beautification

Bobby Benedicto · Antipode · 2014 · 34 citations · Full text

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European Bodies?

Paweł Lewicki · Anthropological Journal of European Cultures · 2016 · 29 citations

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Agency, Social Status and Performing Marriage in Postcolonial Societies

Isaac Dery, Sylvia Bawa · Journal of Asian and African Studies · 2019 · 14 citations

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Authors

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  1. PL
    Paweł Lewicki

    European University Viadrina, Germany

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  2. CA
    Constance Awinpoka Akurugu

    University for Development Studies, Ghana

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  3. BB
    Bobby Benedicto

    McGill University, Canada

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  4. SB
    Sylvia Bawa

    York University, Canada

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. ID
    Isaac Dery

    University of South Africa, South Africa

    1 publications · 14 citations

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Institutions

6

  1. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  2. European University Viadrina

    Frankfurt, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  3. University for Development Studies

    Tamale, Ghana

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  4. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  5. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. South African Medical Research Council

    Cape Town, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Asian and African Studies

    JAAS · 1 publications · 14 citations

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  2. Africa

    1 publications · 45 citations

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  3. Feminist Theory

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  4. Antipode

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  5. Anthropological Journal of European Cultures

    AJEC · 1 publications · 29 citations

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