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African gender studies

a reader

Oyèrónké Oyewùmí

Buch

englisch

Oyewùmí, Oyèrónké (Ed.) DNB

1. publ.

Palgrave Macmillan

New York, NY [u.a.]

2005

XIV, 433 p.

978-1-4039-6283-6

includes bibliographical references and index.

women
feminism
development
africa
social transformation

Summary:
This is the first comprehensive reader that brings African experiences to bear on the ongoing global discussions of women, gender, and society. Bringing together the essential writing on this topic from the last 25 years, these essays discuss gender in Africa from a multi-disciplinary perspective. With a theoretical and conceptual focus, African Gender Studies will inform debate in African Studies, Women's Studies, History, Sociology and Anthropology.



Table of Contents:
Terms of Use
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Prefacep. xiii
Section ITranscending the Body of Knowledgep. 1
1 Visualizing the Body: Western Theories and African Subjects Oyeronke Oyewumip. 3
2 Spirituality, Gender, and Power in Asante History Emmanuel Akyeampong and Pashington Obengp. 23
Section IIDecolonizing Feminismsp. 49
3 Bringing African Women into the Classroom: Rethinking Pedagogy and Epistemology Obioma Nnaemekap. 51
4 Decolonizing Feminism Marnia Lazregp. 67
Section IIIReconceptualizing Genderp. 81
5 Theorizing Matriarchy in Africa: Kinship Ideologies and Systems in Africa and Europe Ifi Amadiumep. 83
6 (Re)constituting the Cosmology and Sociocultural Institutions of Oyo-Yoruba Oyeronke Oyewumip. 99
7 Ko Sohun ti Mbe ti o Nitan (Nothing Is that Lacks a [Hi]story): On Oyeronke Oyewumi's The Invention of Women Adeleke Adeekop. 121
8 Women's Roles and Existential Identities Igor Kopytoffp. 127
9 Revisiting "Woman-Woman Marriage": Notes on Gikuyu Women Wairimu Ngaruiya Njambi and William E. O'Brienp. 145
Section IVGender Biases in the Making of Historyp. 167
10 Making History, Creating Gender: Some Methodological and Interpretive Questions in the Writing of Oyo Oral Traditions Oyeronke Oyewumip. 169
11 Gender Biases in African Historiography Paul Tiyambe Zelezap. 207
12 Senegalese Women in Politics: A Portrait of Two Female Leaders, Arame Diene and Thioumbe Samb, 1945-1996 Babacar Fallp. 233
Section VWriting Women: Reading Genderp. 243
13 Miscegenation as Metonymy: Sexuality and Power in the Colonial Novel Abena P. A. Busiap. 245
14 Gender, Feminist Theory, and Post-Colonial (Women's) Writing Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyip. 259
15 The Hidden History of Women in Ghanaian Print Culture Audrey Gadzekpop. 279
Section VIDevelopment and Social Transformationp. 297
16 Definitions of Women and Development: An African Perspective Achola O. Palap. 299
17 An Investigative Framework for Gender Research in Africa in the New Millennium Filomina Chioma Steadyp. 313
18 The Yum: An Indigenous Model for Sustainable Development Bertrade B. Ngo-Ngijol Banoump. 333
Section VIICritical Conversationsp. 339
19 In My Father's House: Epilogue Kwame Anthony Appiahp. 341
20 Questions of Identity and Inheritance: A Critical Review of Kwame Anthony Appiah's In My Father's House Nkiru Nzegwup. 355
21 African Gender Research and Postcoloniality: Legacies and Challenges Desiree Lewisp. 381
22 African Women in the Academy and Beyond: Review Essay Godwin Rapando Murungap. 397
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