Conjugal Rights : Marriage, Sexuality, and Urban Life in Colonial Libreville, Gabon.

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Conjugal Rights is a history of the role of marriage and other arrangements between men and women in Libreville, Gabon, during the French colonial era, from the mid-nineteenth century through 1960. Conventional historiography has depicted women as few in number and of limited influence in African co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jean-Baptiste, Rachel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2014.
Colección:New African histories series.
Temas:
1839-1960
Marriage > Gabon > Libreville > History.
Divorce > Gabon > Libreville > History.
Sex > Gabon > Libreville > History.
Customary law > Gabon > Libreville > History.
Mariage > Gabon > Libreville > Histoire.
Divorce > Gabon > Libreville > Histoire.
Sexualité > Gabon > Libreville > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Customary law.
Divorce.
Marriage.
Sex.
Gabon > History > 1839-1960.
Gabon > Histoire > 1839-1960.
Gabon.
Gabon > Libreville.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Narrating a History of Domestic Life, Sexuality, Being, and Feeling in Urban Africa; Part I: From Atlantic Ocean Trading Post to Colonial Capital City, 1849-1929; 1: Sexual Economy in the Era of Trade and Politics; 2: Planning, Protest, and Prostitution; Part II: Libreville's Growth, 1930-1960; 3: Migration and Governance; 4: The Bridewealth Economy; 5: Jurisprudence; 6: "Faire Bon Ami"(To Be Good Friends); 7: "A Black Girl Should NotBe with a White Man"; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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