"Wicked" women and the reconfiguration of gender in Africa

"Wicked" women and the reconfiguration of gender in Africa / edited by Dorothy L. Hodgson and Sheryl A. McCurdy.

This edited collection of 17 essays examines the many ways African women pushed the borders individually and collectively, of "acceptable" behavior to produce changes in the gendered dynamics of power and a reconfiguration of broader moral and social orders. The book bridges the gap betwee...

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Other Authors: Hodgson, Dorothy Louise (Editor), McCurdy, Sheryl, 1956- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Portsmouth, N.H. : Oxford : Cape Town : Heinemann ; James Currey ; David Philip, [2001]
Series:ACLS Fellows' Publications.
Social history of Africa.
Subjects:
Women > Africa > Social conditions.
Sex role > Africa.
Sex role
Women > Social conditions
Gleichberechtigung
Soziale Situation
Böse Frau
Geschlechterrolle
Frau
Vrouwen.
Sekseverschillen.
Identiteit.
Verzet.
Africa
Afrika
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