| Description |
1 online resource (223 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Black women writers series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index. |
| Source of Description |
Print version record. |
| Note |
Annotation Challenging the received orthodoxies of social anthropology, Ifi Amadiume argues that in precolonial society, sex and gender did not necessarily coincide. Examining the structures that enabled women to achieve power, she shows that roles were neither rigidly masculinized nor feminized. Economic changes in colonial times undermined women's status and reduced their political role and Dr Amadiume maintains, patriarchal tendencies introduced by colonialism persist today, to the detriment of women. Critical of the chauvinist stereotypes established by colonial anthropology, the author stresses the importance of recognizing women's economic activities as as essential basis of their power. She is also critical of those western feminists who, when relating to African women, tend to accept the same outmoded projections. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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MOBIUS eMO Collection |
| Related To |
Print version: Amadiume, Ifi, 1947- Male daughters, female husbands. London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, 1987 0862325943 |
| Subjects |
Women, Igbo.
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Women -- Nigeria -- Social conditions.
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| ADD KEYWDS |
Femmes ibo. |
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Rôle selon le sexe Nigeria. |
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Ibo (Peuple d'Afrique) Mœurs et coutumes. |
| Other Title |
Gender and sex in African society |
| ISBN |
0862325943 |
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9780862325947 |
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0862325951 (pbk.) |
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9780862325954 (pbk.) |
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9781783603336 |
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178360333X |
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9781783603343 (electronic bk.) |
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1783603348 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard# |
9780862325947 |
| OCLC # |
eMOe191821130 |
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eMOe228142411 eMOe228142412 eMOe244227792 eMOe268793665 eMOe317448142 eMOe759863492 eMOe778784921 eMOe801662590 eMOe904437793 eMOe1096752271 eMOe1101726955 eMOe1148067388 |
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