Invention Of Women : Making An African Sense Of Western Gender Discourses /

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"The "woman question", this book asserts, is a Western one, and not a proper lens for viewing African society. A work that rethinks gender as a Western construction, The Invention of Women offers a new way of understanding both Yoruban and Western cultures." "Oyewumi traces...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Oyěwùmí, Oyerónkẹ
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Joruba (volk)
Sekseverschillen.
Yoruba
Soziale Situation
Geschlechterrolle
Frau
Women, Yoruba > Social conditions.
Women, Yoruba.
Sex role.
Philosophy, Yoruba.
Human body > Social aspects.
Sex differences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Yoruba.
gender relations.
Nigeria.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Nigeria.
Differences entre sexes.
Rôle selon le sexe > Nigeria.
Philosophie yoruba.
Femmes yoruba > Histoire.
Femmes yoruba > Conditions sociales.
Sex Characteristics
Human body > Social aspects > Nigeria.
Sex role > Nigeria.
Women, Yoruba > History.
Nigeria
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; A Note on Orthography; Chapter 1 Visualizing the Body: Western Theories and African Subjects; Chapter 2 (Re)constituting the Cosmology and Sociocultural Institutions of Oyo-Yorùbá; Chapter 3 Making History, Creating Gender: The Invention of Men and Kings in the Writing of Oyo Oral Traditions; Chapter 4 Colonizing Bodies and Minds: Gender and Colonialism; Chapter 5 The Translation of Cultures: Engendering Yorùbá Language, Orature, and World-Sense; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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