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Concubines And Power: Five Hundred Years In A Northern Nigerian Palace

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Description for Concubines And Power: Five Hundred Years In A Northern Nigerian Palace Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8ill.16M. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.

African Studies Association Women’s Caucus’s Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize winner

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title

The monumental palace of Kano, Nigeria, was built circa 1500 and is today inhabited by more than one thousand persons. Historically, its secluded interior housed hundreds of concubines whose role in the politics, economics, and culture of Kano city-state has been largely overlooked. In this pioneering work, Heidi J. Nast demonstrates how human-geographical methods can tell us much about a site like the palace, a place bereft of archaeological work or relevant primary sources.

Drawing on extensive ethnographic work and mapping data, Concubines and Power presents new evidence that ... Read more

Social forces undoubtedly shaped and changed concubinage for hundreds of years, but Nast shows how the women’s reach extended far beyond the palace walls to the formation of the state itself.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816641543
SKU
V9780816641543
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99-50

About Heidi J. Nast
Heidi J. Nast is professor of international studies at DePaul University, Chicago. She coedited and contributed to the volumes Places through the Body and Thresholds in Feminist Geography.

Reviews for Concubines And Power: Five Hundred Years In A Northern Nigerian Palace
"This is an important and useful little book that should be of interest to scholars in many fields, both for the data contained in it and for its theoretical analysis."—Africa: Journal of the International African Institute "Heidi Nast’s book recovers and reconstitutes this world. It is an imaginative and innovative contribution to cultural geography."—Cultural Geographies "Heidi Nast’s Concubines ... Read more

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