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Author Amadiume, Ifi, 1947-

Title Male daughters, female husbands : gender and sex in an African society / Ifi Amadiume
Published London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books, ©1987

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Series Black women writers series.
Summary Annotation 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 is also critical of those western feminists who, when relating to African women, tend to accept the same outmoded projections
Analysis Nigeria Society Role of women
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index
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Subject Women, Igbo.
Women -- Nigeria -- Social conditions
Sex role -- Nigeria
Igbo (African people) -- Social life and customs
Gender studies: women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Sex role
Igbo (African people) -- Social life and customs
Women, Igbo
Women -- Social conditions
Geschlechterrolle
Frau
Vrouwen.
Sekseverschillen.
Ibo (volk)
Femmes ibo.
Ibo (peuple d'Afrique) -- Moeurs et coutumes .
Rôle selon le sexe -- Nigeria.
Nigeria
Ibo.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0862325943
9780862325947
0862325951
9780862325954
9781783603336
178360333X
9781783603343
1783603348
Other Titles Gender and sex in African society