Yoruba Women, Work, and Social Change

Name: Yoruba Women, Work, and Social Change
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ISBN: 9780253220547

ISBN-10: 0253220548

ISBN-13: 9780253220547

Edition: 2009

Authors: Marjorie K. McIntosh, Marjorie K. McIntosh, Marjorie K. McIntosh, Marjorie K. McIntosh

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Description:

Traces the roots of Yoruba women's community stature, visibility, and influence

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 3/18/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Note on Language and Orthography


Abbreviations, Terms, and Explanations



Introduction



Opening



Sources and Questions



The Context of Women's Lives



Yorubaland, 1820-1893



Colonial Yorubaland, 1893-1960



Family and Marriage



Women's Economic Activities



Labor, Property, and Agriculture



Income-Generating Activities in the Nineteenth Century



New Approaches to Familiar Roles during the Colonial Period



Western Skills and Service Careers



Other Public Roles and Broader Issues



Religion, Cultural Forms, and Associations



Regents and Chiefs, Economic Organizations, and Politics



Patriarchy, Colonialism, and Women's Agency


Glossary of Yoruba Words


Notes


List of References


Index