Our new husbands are here : households, gender, and politics in a West African state from the slave trade to colonial rule /

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In Our New Husbands Are Here, Emily Lynn Osborn investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization? Osborn addresses this question by exploring...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osborn, Emily Lynn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011.
Colección:New African histories series.
Temas:
Samory, > approximately 1830-1900.
Samory, > approximately 1830-1900
Mandingo (African people) > Guinea > Kankan (Region) > History.
Households > Political aspects > Guinea > Kankan (Region)
Women > Guinea > Kankan (Region) > Social conditions > History.
Women > Guinea > Kankan (Region) > Social conditions.
Mandingue (Peuple d'Afrique) > Guinée > Kankan (Région administrative) > Histoire.
Ménages (Statistique) > Aspect politique > Guinée > Kankan (Région administrative)
Femmes > Guinée > Kankan (Région administrative) > Conditions sociales.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
French colonies
Colonization > Social aspects
Colonies > Administration
Mandingo (African people)
Politics and government
Women > Social conditions
Einflussnahme
Entfremdung
Frau
Kolonisation
Mandingvölker
Politik
Kankan (Guinea : Region) > History.
Kankan (Guinea : Region) > Politics and government.
Guinea > Colonization > Social aspects.
France > Colonies > Africa > Administration.
Kankan (Guinée : Région administrative) > Histoire.
Africa
Guinea
Guinea > Kankan (Region)
Kankan
Mandingvölker.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Our New Husbands Are Here, Emily Lynn Osborn investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization? Osborn addresses this question by exploring the relationship of the household to the state. By analyzing the history of statecraft in the interior savannas of West Africa (in present-day Guinea-Conakry), Osborn shows that the household, and women within it, played a critical role in the pacifist Islamic state of Kankan-Baté, enabling it to.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0821443976
9780821443972

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