Readings in gender in Africa

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Readings in gender in Africa

edited by Andrea Cornwall

Indiana University Press , James Currey, 2005

  • : James Currey paper
  • : Indiana casebound
  • : Indiana paper

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: Indiana paper ISBN 9780253217400

Description

Readings in Gender in Africa collects the most important critical and theoretical writings on how gender issues have transformed contemporary views of Africa. Scholarship from North America, Europe, and Africa is represented in this comprehensive volume. A synthetic introduction by Andrea Cornwall discusses efforts to include women in research about Africa. The volume not only shows how gender relations have been constructed on the African continent but reflects the changes in approach and inquiry that have been brought about as scholars consider gender identities and difference in their work. Specific themes covered here include the contestation and representation of gender, femininity and masculinity, livelihoods and lifeways, gender and religion, gender and culture, and gender and governance. Readers from across the landscape of African studies will find this an essential sourcebook. Published in association with the International African Institute, London

Table of Contents

Part 1. Contested Representations: "Gender" in Africa Part 2. Reconfiguring Identities: Femininities and Masculinities in Africa Part 3. Livelihoods and Lifeways Part 4. Transforming Traditions: Gender, Religion, and "Culture" Part 5. Gender and Governance
Volume

: Indiana casebound ISBN 9780253345172

Description

Readings in Gender in Africa collects the most important critical and theoretical writings on how gender issues have transformed contemporary views of Africa. Scholarship from North America, Europe, and Africa is represented in this comprehensive volume. A synthetic introduction by Andrea Cornwall discusses efforts to include women in research about Africa. The volume not only shows how gender relations have been constructed on the African continent but reflects the changes in approach and inquiry that have been brought about as scholars consider gender identities and difference in their work. Specific themes covered here include the contestation and representation of gender, femininity and masculinity, livelihoods and lifeways, gender and religion, gender and culture, and gender and governance. Readers from across the landscape of African studies will find this an essential sourcebook. Published in association with the International African Institute, London
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: James Currey paper ISBN 9780852558713

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A student's textbook suitable for course adoption A comprehensive overview of the existing literature on gender, bringing together important and influential essays from widely disparate sources. A valuable collection for scholars and students. ANDREA CORNWALL is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex Contributors include: JOSEPHINE BEOKU-BETTS, NIARA SUDARKASA, OBIOMA NNAEMEKA, RUDOLF P. GAUDIO, TIMOTHY BURKE, JANE I. GUYER, MEGAN VAUGHAN, JANET M. BUJRA, IRIS BERGER, BARBARA COOPER, DEBORAH GAITSKELL, STEPHAN E. MEISCHER, BOLANLE AWE, JEAN ALLMAN, SUSAN GEIGER Published in association with the International African Institute North America: Indiana U Press

Table of Contents

Introduction by Andrea Cornwall I CONTESTED REPRESENTATIONS OF GENDER IN AFRICA II RECONFIGURING IDENTITIES: FEMININITIES & MASCULINITIES III LIVELIHOODS & LIFEWAYS IV TRANSFORMING TRADITIONS: GENDER, RELIGION & CULTURE V GENDER & GOVERNANCE

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