Male daughters, female husbands : gender and sex in an African society /
Amadiume, Ifi, 1947-
Male daughters, female husbands : gender and sex in an African society / Ifi Amadiume ; with a foreword by Pat Caplan. - xvi, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. - Critique, influence, change ; 11 . - Critique, influence, change. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index.
Foreword / Pat Caplan -- Part 1: The 19th Century -- Gender and the Economy -- Women, Wealth, Titles and Power -- Gender and Political Organization -- The Politics of Motherhood: Women and the Idealogy-Making Process -- The Idealogy of Gender -- Ritual and Gender -- Part 2: The Colonial Period -- Colonialism and the Erosion of Women's Power -- The Erosion of Women's Power -- Part 3: The Post-Independence Period -- The Marginalization of Women's Position -- Wealth, Titles and Motherhood -- The Female Element in Other Igbo Societies -- Gender, Class and Female Solidarity -- Conclusion
In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume published the groundbreaking 'Male Daughters, Female Husbands' to critical acclaim. This compelling, enduring, and highly original book argues that gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference. Amadiume examines the African societal structures that enabled people to achieve power within fluid masculine and feminine roles. At a time when gender and queer theory is viewed by many as overly focused on identity politics, this apt text not only warns against the danger of projecting Western notions of difference onto other cultures, but also questions the very concept of gender itself.
9781783603329 1783603321 9780862325947
2021443924
Women, Igbo.
Sex role--Nigeria.
Igbo (African people)--Social life and customs.
Woman-to-woman marriage--Nigeria.
Igbo (African people)--Social life and customs.
Sex role.
Woman-to-woman marriage.
Women, Igbo.
Ibo
Frau
Geschlechterrolle
Matriarchat
Schwarze Frau
Geschlechterstereotyp
Rassismus
Nigeria.
Nigeria
Westliche Welt
DT515.45.I33 / A47 2015
305.4/889632
Male daughters, female husbands : gender and sex in an African society / Ifi Amadiume ; with a foreword by Pat Caplan. - xvi, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. - Critique, influence, change ; 11 . - Critique, influence, change. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index.
Foreword / Pat Caplan -- Part 1: The 19th Century -- Gender and the Economy -- Women, Wealth, Titles and Power -- Gender and Political Organization -- The Politics of Motherhood: Women and the Idealogy-Making Process -- The Idealogy of Gender -- Ritual and Gender -- Part 2: The Colonial Period -- Colonialism and the Erosion of Women's Power -- The Erosion of Women's Power -- Part 3: The Post-Independence Period -- The Marginalization of Women's Position -- Wealth, Titles and Motherhood -- The Female Element in Other Igbo Societies -- Gender, Class and Female Solidarity -- Conclusion
In 1987, more than a decade before the dawn of queer theory, Ifi Amadiume published the groundbreaking 'Male Daughters, Female Husbands' to critical acclaim. This compelling, enduring, and highly original book argues that gender, as constructed in Western feminist discourse, did not exist in Africa before the colonial imposition of a dichotomous understanding of sexual difference. Amadiume examines the African societal structures that enabled people to achieve power within fluid masculine and feminine roles. At a time when gender and queer theory is viewed by many as overly focused on identity politics, this apt text not only warns against the danger of projecting Western notions of difference onto other cultures, but also questions the very concept of gender itself.
9781783603329 1783603321 9780862325947
2021443924
Women, Igbo.
Sex role--Nigeria.
Igbo (African people)--Social life and customs.
Woman-to-woman marriage--Nigeria.
Igbo (African people)--Social life and customs.
Sex role.
Woman-to-woman marriage.
Women, Igbo.
Ibo
Frau
Geschlechterrolle
Matriarchat
Schwarze Frau
Geschlechterstereotyp
Rassismus
Nigeria.
Nigeria
Westliche Welt
DT515.45.I33 / A47 2015
305.4/889632