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Being and becoming : gender, culture and shifting identity in Sub-Saharan Africa /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ukpokolo, Chinyere (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denver, CO : Spears Media Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface. Being and Becoming: Gender, Culture and Shifting Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa; Introduction; Chapter One -- What's Wrong with Essentialism Anyway? African Women and the Question of Identity; Introduction; Women's Oppression, Marginalisation and Subjugation on the Continent; On the Idea of Essentialism; Critiques of Essentialism; African Women and the Question of Identity; Gayatri Spivak's Strategic Essentialism; Conclusion; References 
505 8 |a Chapter Two -- Gender in Owu, a Timed Masquerade Festival of the Riverine Igbo, Southeast NigeriaIntroduction; The Agugu Festival of Owu and its Complementary Performances; The Owu Myth and the Riddle of Chicken and Egg; Male and Female Titles; Nchu-chu: Levels of Learning and Secrecy; The Raw and the Cooked; Audiences, Performances and Levels of Secrecy; Manifestations of Myth, Sex and Gender; Nwo-nono: Women's Agency and the Dichotomy of Order and Chaos; Conclusion; References; Chapter Three -- Gender, Socialisation and Construction of a Muganda Woman Identity; Introduction 
505 8 |a Geographical LocationThe Education System; Aspects of the Socialisation Process (what was taught); History of the Society; Customs, Manners and Usage; Fables; Proverbs; Riddles; Music; Social Values; Physical Training; Character Training; Intellectual training; Vocational Training; Community Participation and Involvement; Promotion of Cultural Heritage; The Socialisation Process; Discussion and Conclusion; References; Informants; Chapter Four -- The Violence of Silence and the Limits of Community: The Ikale Woman in Twenty-First Century Nigeria; Introduction 
505 8 |a Ikale Women at the Dawn of the 20th centurySocial Systems: Hierarchies and Orientations; Tradition and the Modern Ikale Women; Limitations of Women's Power in the Community; Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) and the Ikale Woman; Better Life for Rural Women: Gbebiro; Conclusion; Chapter Five -- Gender, Identity and Change: The Case of Muslim Women in Northern Nigeria; Introduction; The Position of Women in Hausaland Before 1804; Women's Position After the Jihad: 1804 -- 1960; Northern Nigerian Women and Change: The Post-Independence Period; Conclusion; References 
505 8 |a Chapter Six -- Economic Survival, Masculinity and Shifting Cultural Definition of the Woman's Identity in a Rural Igbo SocietyIntroduction; Research Context and Methodology; Nanka Rural Women and Inter-state Trading: Trades and Trade Routes; Crisis of Normative Masculinity' in the Context of Rural Nanka Community; Shifting Cultural Construction of the Woman's Identity; Challenges in Long-Distance Trading and Coping Strategies; Conclusion and Recommendations; Recommendations; References 
505 8 |a Chapter Seven -- Indigenous Palm Oil Production in Orile-Owu, Nigeria: A Gendered Technical and Economic Practice 
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