Africa: African gender studies - a reader
By Oyeronke Oyewumi, this book seeks to bring African experiences to bear on the ongoing global discussions of women, gender and society. Courses on gender and Africa have become a staple in many departments including History, Sociology, Anthropology, Africana Studies and Women's Studies. A good body of research and writing has been carried out in this field in the last decade or two and this reader brings together the essential writing on the topic from the last 25 years, with a focus on theoretical and conceptual writings.
Seeks to bring African experiences to bear on the ongoing global discussions of women, gender and society. Courses on gender and Africa have become a staple in many departments including History, Sociology, Anthropology, Africana Studies and Women's Studies. A good body of research and writing has been carried out in this field in the last decade or two and this reader brings together the essential writing on the topic from the last 25 years, with a focus on theoretical and conceptual writings. Selected contents: White Women's Burden - O. Oyewumi; Women's Roles and Existential Identities - I. Kopytoff; Home-Made Hegemony: Modernity, Domesticity, and Colonialism in South Africa - J. Comaroff & J. Comaroff; What's So Feminist About Doing Women's Oral History? S. Geiger; Sheroes and Villains: Conceptualizing Colonial and Contemporary Violence Against Women in Africa - A.Mama. 448pp, UK. PALGRAVE.
2006 1403962839 Paperback