Shaping tradition : women's roles in ceremonial rituals of the Agwagune /

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Agwagune women in southeastern Nigeria contribute to the cultural construction of their societies in deep and systematic ways. This reality is often concealed, misrepresented, or unexamined in studies that do not consciously set out to address female agency and authority. Most recently women have re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Iyam, David Uru (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2021]
Colección:Women in Africa and the diaspora.
Temas:
Biase (African people) > Social life and customs.
Biase (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Women > Nigeria > Cross River State > Social conditions.
Sex role > Nigeria > Cross River State.
Biase (Peuple d'Afrique) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Biase (Peuple d'Afrique) > Rites et cérémonies.
Femmes > Nigeria > Cross River > Conditions sociales.
Rôle selon le sexe > Nigeria > Cross River.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Sex role
Women > Social conditions
Nigeria > Cross River State
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Rituals of the Agwagune
  • 2. Men's Ceremonies
  • 3. Women's Ceremonies I
  • 4. Women's Ceremonies II
  • 5. Marriage and Fattening
  • 6. Modernity as a Transcendental Contest
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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