African Gender Studies
Oyeronke . Ed(S): Oyewumi
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Description for African Gender Studies
Hardback. Editor(s): Oyewumi, Oyeronke. Num Pages: 447 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
This is the first comprehensive reader that brings African experiences to bear on the ongoing global discussions of women, gender, and society. Bringing together the essential writing on this topic from the last 25 years, these essays discuss gender in Africa from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
This is the first comprehensive reader that brings African experiences to bear on the ongoing global discussions of women, gender, and society. Bringing together the essential writing on this topic from the last 25 years, these essays discuss gender in Africa from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
447
Condition
New
Number of Pages
433
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403962829
SKU
V9781403962829
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99-15
About Oyeronke . Ed(S): Oyewumi
OYERONKE OYEWUMI is Associate Professor of Sociology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA. She is author of The Invention of Women: Making Sense of Gender Discourses (University of Minnesota Press, 1997).
Reviews for African Gender Studies
'Contributors to African Gender Studies address, in very valuable ways, a variety of theoretical and methodological issues regarding study of the status of women in Africa as contrasted with notions of feminism in the North. Among those issues are the construction of gender in different African contexts, innovative development strategies, the role of the African academic, pedagogies in the North ... Read more