Mother is gold, father is glass : gender and colonialism in a Yoruba town /

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"Lorelle D. Semley explores the historical and political meanings of motherhood in West Africa and beyond, showing that the roles of women were far more complicated than previously thought. While in Kétou, Benin, Semley discovered that women were treasurers, advisors, ritual specialists, and c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Semley, Lorelle D., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
1884-1960
Women > Benin > Kétou > History.
Women, Yoruba > Political activity > History.
Mothers > Political activity > Africa, West > History.
Sex role > Africa, West > History.
Femmes > Bénin > Kétou > Histoire.
Femmes yoruba > Activité politique > Histoire.
Mères > Activité politique > Afrique occidentale > Histoire.
Rôle selon le sexe > Afrique occidentale > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Manners and customs
Mothers > Political activity
Sex role
Women
Kétou (Benin) > Social life and customs.
Kétou (Benin) > History.
Africa, West > History > 1884-1960.
Afrique occidentale > Histoire > 1884-1960.
West Africa
Benin > Kétou
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue. "Mother is gold, father is glass": power and vulnerability in Atlantic Africa
  • Founding fathers and metaphorical mothers: history, myth, and the making of a kingdom
  • How kings lost their mothers: politics of the Atlantic slave trade
  • Giving away Kétu's secret: wives on the eve of war
  • "Where women really matter": the "queens" of Kétu and the challenge to French imperialism
  • "Without family-- there is no true colonization": perspectives on marriage
  • "The opening of the eyes": the politics of manhood on the eve of independence
  • Mothers and fathers of an Atlantic world
  • Epilogue. A rebirth of "public mothers" and kings.

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