The politics of wealth in southwestern Nigeria : why Ondo's women went to war /

This fascinating ethnographic study investigates gendered power in contemporary Nigeria in order to provide an understanding of The Ondo Women's War of 1985. Sanctioned by Ondo's female chiefs in the name of their female king, this tax protest escalated into rebellion when ordinary women t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eames, Elizabeth Anne
Otros Autores: Olupona, Jacob K. (Jacob Kẹhinde), 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, NY : The Edwin Mellen Press, ©2013.
Temas:
Women, Yoruba > Nigeria > Ondo State > Economic conditions.
Women, Yoruba > Nigeria > Ondo State > Social conditions.
Femmes yoruba > Nigeria > Ondo (État) > Conditions économiques.
Femmes yoruba > Nigeria > Ondo (État) > Conditions sociales.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Women, Yoruba > Social conditions
Ondo State (Nigeria) > History.
Ondo (Nigeria : État) > Histoire.
Nigeria > Ondo State
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This fascinating ethnographic study investigates gendered power in contemporary Nigeria in order to provide an understanding of The Ondo Women's War of 1985. Sanctioned by Ondo's female chiefs in the name of their female king, this tax protest escalated into rebellion when ordinary women threatened the use of their ultimate weapon -their own nakedness. Focusing on a specific Yoruba case history, this book challenges many western feminist assumptions about women's lack of status in Africa.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxvi, 218 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-214) and index.
ISBN:9780773407671
0773407677

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