African gender studies
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Titel |
African gender studies
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Untertitel |
a reader
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Verfasserangabe |
Oyèrónké Oyewùmí
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1. publ.
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New York, NY [u.a.]
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Umfang |
XIV, 433 p.
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ISBN13 |
978-1-4039-6283-6
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Fußnote |
includes bibliographical references and index.
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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 Contributors |
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