Male Daughters, Female Husbands Gender and Sex in an African Society

Name: Male Daughters, Female Husbands Gender and Sex in an African Society
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ISBN: 9780862325954

ISBN-10: 0862325951

ISBN-13: 9780862325954

Edition: 1987

Authors: Ifi Amadiume

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Challenging the received orthodoxies of social anthropology, Ifi Amadiume argues that in precolonial society, sex and gender did not necessarily coincide. Examining the structures that enabled women to achieve power, she shows that roles were neither rigidly masculinized nor feminized. Economic changes in colonial times undermined women’s status and reduced their political role and Dr Amadiume maintains, patriarchal tendencies introduced by colonialism persist today, to the detriment of women. Critical of the chauvinist stereotypes established by colonial anthropology, the author stresses the importance of recognizing women’s economic activities as as essential basis of their power. She…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Zed Books, Limited
Publication date: 1/1/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Ifi Amadiume is associate professor at Dartmouth College and an award-winning Nigerian poet, anthropologist, and essayist.