ACLS Humanities E-Book: Male daughters, female husbands: gender and sex in African society

Male daughters, female husbands: gender and sex in African society

Amadiume, Ifi, 1947-

Year: c1987.

Publisher: Zed Books.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

PART ONE: THE 19TH CENTURY

1. Gender and the Economy

2. Women, Wealth, Titles and Power

3. Gender and Political Organization

4. The Politics of Motherhood: Women and the Ideology-Making Process

5. The Ideology of Gender

6. Ritual and Gender

PART TWO: THE COLONIAL PERIOD

7. Colonialism and the Erosion of Women's Power

8. The Erosion of Women's Power

PART THREE: THE POST-INDEPENDENCE PERIOD

9. The Marginalization of Women's Politics

10. Wealth, Titles and Motherhood

11. The Female Element in Other Igbo Societies

12. Gender, Class and Female Solidarity

13. Conclusion

Appendixes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

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Title:

Male daughters, female husbands : gender and sex in African society Ifi Amadiume.

Author:

Amadiume, Ifi, 1947-

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Male daughters, female husbands : gender and sex in African society Ifi Amadiume.
Amadiume, Ifi, 1947-
London: Zed Books, c1987.

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Subject Headings:

• Women -- Nigeria -- Social conditions
• Women, Igbo

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